eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2024

includes an IEP generator that will draft an initial IEP given the child’s grade level, disabilities and strengths, needs, and behaviors. For both novice and veteran teachers, Poe.com provides access to a behavior intervention bot in real-time to help with questions that might arise with paperwork or strategies for student behavior.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

It may be the biggest question in college edtech during the pandemic: Should tests be allowed to robotically watch students? Among the complaints are high rates of false positives , require students to have web cameras that not every student can afford, create challenges for students with disabilities and can even be discriminatory.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2024

That's really been kind of our mode of operation: How do we just enable exploration and not disable access,” he says, “or have people say, ‘It's the latest trend, and it'll go away.’” There’s a myriad of questions that come weekly, and that’s growing,” Liabenow says. .

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

Over the past weeks, readers have asked us many questions about the impact of the coronavirus on education in many different areas, from admissions to advice for young children, from salaries to student privacy and whether school closures actually work. Tony Wan (March 16, 2020) General Questions Should schools close?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2017

The headband raises questions from neuroscientists and psychologists, who say little evidence exists to support what device-and-dashboard combination aims to do. It also raises legal questions, like what BrainCo will do with students’ biometric data. Is there confidentiality there? BrainCo has some big ideas.

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Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Guiding Principles for Supporting Gender-Expansive Students In the book, Edwards frames all of his recommendations around two guiding principles: (1) Support healthy and happy kids, and (2) Protect privacy and confidentiality. “When a student changes their name and pronouns,” he offers, “who should be informed?

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Edsurge

JULY 17, 2019

His mother was close by, whispering the correct answers to Jordan’s questions and shouting at him each time he made a mistake. Some of her colleagues, both at VIPKid and on other online tutoring platforms, were struggling with the same question. The student, a 4-year-old boy, joined from a dimly lit room. I am so broken up over this.”

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