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Funds For Learning Launches Survey: Shaping the Future of Connectivity

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Funds For Learning , the leading E-rate compliance services firm for schools nationwide, launched its 14th annual E-rate survey last month. The survey enables applicants to provide confidential feedback about essential aspects of the federal E-rate program, which can help shape its future direction. percent, roughly $198 million.

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How digital books connect vulnerable students with reading

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However, the increasing prevalence of 1:1 device programs over the last year sparked a significant improvement in their reading habits by providing more access to ebooks and audiobooks. Confidential access to digital books for readers of all abilities.

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School’s (locked) out: Defending against the new ransomware threat

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When bad actors attack educational institutions, they can prohibit system access or even render basic system functions inaccessible. With control over school networks, they steal or threaten to leak confidential student data. If these attacks are successful, they can grind both school systems and classroom learning to a halt.

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Creating IEPs with GenAI while ensuring data privacy

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Firstly, all students have a right to privacy, and their personal and sensitive information must be kept confidential to protect them from unwanted exposure of their Personal Identifiable Information (PII) and its potential misuse. Any lapse in their data protection practices can result in unauthorized access or exposure.

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Promethean Announces iKeepSafe Student Data Privacy Certification in the U.S. for ClassFlow Software

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Promethean’s ClassFlow enhances remote learning as a cloud-based lesson delivery service with advanced collaboration tools for student engagement. It also helps teachers deliver dynamic lessons to students’ devices and brings interactive classroom displays to life for effective hybrid learning. Department of Education.

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Vivi and Headspace Partner to Bring Mindfulness to K-12 Classrooms

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The partnership will give all Vivi users access to easy and effective mindfulness and meditation practices created by Headspace, designed for use in K-12 classrooms. “We As a result of the partnership, all Vivi’s customers across the globe now have free access to these specially curated mindfulness and meditation practices. About Vivi.

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When Colleges Sign ‘Inclusive Access’ Textbook Deals, Can Students and Professors Opt Out?

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Yet the contract terms for these subscription arrangements—which some publishers call “inclusive access” programs—raise questions about whether publishers and colleges pressure students into participating. These goals could “push the rapid adoption of access codes across the institution,” the report states.

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