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Data Privacy, Security, & Trust: What Elevate K-12’s SOC 2 Certification Means for Districts

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For the school districts we work alongside, this milestone offers added peace of mind: Elevate’s systems are built to keep data safe, available, and confidential, just as your IT, legal, and data privacy teams expect. Every teacher is trained on secure data handling practices as part of their onboarding. Nothing more.

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Closer to PowerSchool Breach Closure

Edtech IRL

In the PowerSchool case, Lane accessed PowerSchool and stole a massive trove of personally identifiable information (PII), including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, medical records, and even parent contact information for millions of students and teachers. Transferred this data to a server in Ukraine.

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From Reflection to Transformation: Embedding Antiracism into Everyday Practice

k12 Digest

During his 29 years as an educator, Dr. Harris has had a wide range of experiences as a teacher, coach, principal, district administrator, adjunct professor, speaker, writer, and consultant. School leaders can support this safety by co-creating group agreements that promote active listening, confidentiality, and respectful participation.

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From Reflection to Transformation: Embedding Antiracism into Everyday Practice

k12 Digest

During his 29 years as an educator, Dr. Harris has had a wide range of experiences as a teacher, coach, principal, district administrator, adjunct professor, speaker, writer, and consultant. School leaders can support this safety by co-creating group agreements that promote active listening, confidentiality, and respectful participation.

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How today’s tech departments are moving into the future

eSchool News

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. The only way they work is through high quality professional learning opportunities for teachers. Teachers would ask us questions we don’t know how to answer. Talk to teachers.

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Leveraging AI to help special education teachers

eSchool News

Districts have reported a shortage of special education teachers since the late 1990s. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures , 37 states identified special education as a teacher shortage area during the 2023-2024 school year. MagicSchool.ai MagicSchool.ai

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Teachers and IT: How to keep kids safe on Chromebooks

eSchool News

Chromebooks are in many ways ideal for classrooms, allowing teachers to leverage online resources to provide richer, more differentiated educational experiences to your students. Google’s Chromebook has almost completely replaced Apple’s iconic tablet as the first choice for classroom-tech initiatives.