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Promethean Announces the All-New ActivPanel with ActivSync, Delivering a Transformational and Intuitive User Experience

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SEATTLE, WA and NEW ORLEANS, LA–June 27, 2022– Promethean , a leading global education technology company, has announced the all-new ActivPanel with ActivSync that delivers the most robust, seamless, and secure user experience yet. See all of the features and specifications here. About Promethean.

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Pushback Is Growing Against Automated Proctoring Services. But So Is Their Use

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There are plenty of things students complain about, but no other educational technology has drawn as much organized protest in recent months. You’re taking money away from education and giving it to surveillance companies,” Parry says of colleges who buy Proctorio and other services. Yet they are quickly becoming mainstream.

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Hobsons’ Higher Ed Business Split and Sold in Separate Deals Totaling $410M

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Hobsons’ other major business line, Starfish, which provides advising, communication and “ nudges ” to support student engagement and retention at higher-ed institutions, will be sold to Washington, D.C.-based based EAB for $90 million. Both companies are currently owned by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners.

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How today’s tech departments are moving into the future

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We’ve pushed back on that because it puts districts in a interesting spot because that’s what we use even though it’s confidential data. Murray : I work with the Office of Education Technology and the Department of Education and they’ve pushed the # GoOpen movement. Another support I would offer is EveryoneOn.org.

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

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It’s colleges and bookstores, not publishers, who are responsible for disseminating price information to students, according to Tyler Reed, senior director of communications at McGraw-Hill. “Students are kind of stuck where they don’t have an adequate level of price transparency to act on the opt-out,” Vitez says.

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From High School to Harvard, Students Urge for Clarity on Privacy Rights

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Earlier this month, ACLU’s Rhode Island chapter released a scathing report, “ High School Non-Confidential Report: How School-Loaned Computers May Be Peering Into Your Home ,” that blasted the lack of safeguards to protect students’ privacy. She says she was upset about the “incredibly inappropriate” content shared by the students.

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As Child Care Challenges Threaten the American Workforce, Business Leaders Call for Action

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Synchrony, for example, now offers 60 days of backup child care, up from 10 days of backup care prior to the pandemic, says Angie Hu, vice president of corporate communication and public relations. That has led the company to expand its child care benefits.