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Automated Proctors Watch Students. Now Senators Are Watching These Companies.

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Companies offering proctoring tools that monitor students as they take online exams are now being watched themselves—by Democratic senators. said Cody Venzke, a policy counsel for the Student Privacy Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology, in an email interview. Led by U.S. but also ‘Should we do this?’

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Why Old Arguments for Earning a Diploma Don't Resonate With My Students — and Which Ones Will

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In our current educational landscape, you have to either receive a traditional high school diploma or pass the General Educational Development exam to access most postsecondary schooling options, including trade schools and community colleges. Will it diminish or overshadow the other myriad accomplishments they have achieved?

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If We’re Serious About Student Well-Being, We Must Change the Systems Students Learn In

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Getting good grades on AP exams is associated with higher GPAs in high school and success in college, but the research tends to be correlational rather than causational. In 2008, a little over 180,000 students took three or more AP exams. AP courses and exams also raise complex issues of equity.

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Online YC Demo Day Includes A Byju’s Rival, Quiz Bowl App, Parenting Advice Platform

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Name: EduRev HQ: Gurgaon, India Founded: 2017 This startup aims to help students in India between 15 and 23 years old study for a variety of entrance and occupational exams. Now, he leads the team at Pahamify , which provides an app for college entrance exam test prep for students in Indonesia.

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17 Hero Awards finalists demonstrate their commitment to education

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With no school counseling team — and teachers weary from other new programs and systems — EPIC needed a partner it could trust to serve Tier 2 students. Based on this need, Aurora Public Schools was in the implementation stage when the Director of Mental Health and Counseling unexpectedly had to take a leave of absence.

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Many Students Don’t Inform Their Colleges About Their Disability. That Needs to Change.

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I knew my school could provide accommodations, such as an aid to take notes for me and record my responses for exams and counseling services, but I worried that if I accepted this support, I’d be considered weak by my peers and professors. I felt judged and like I had to prove to everyone that I was still the same person.

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?Anticipating and Addressing Challenges With Technology in Developmental Education

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Policymakers in Tennessee and Texas, for example, have explicitly encouraged the use of technology in developmental education reform. In general, colleges are using many of the same technologies in developmental education as they do to provide instruction and supports for college-level students.