Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2020

But as companies shift away from relying on humans who watch test-takers through webcams to algorithms and artificial intelligence, they have attracted scrutiny from those who point to studies showing that general facial-recognition software can be rife with bias and false positives. but also ‘Should we do this?’

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2019

While we share the outrage at the terrible behavior being reported, what's more important is that we not let this sensational story distract us from the structural inequities in higher education. Education technology providers must look at ways in which we can support the workflow of already resource-strapped school counselors.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

At SchoolStatus, we firmly believe that educators’ voices must be central in shaping education technology. Members of the CAB were selected based on their deep knowledge of education technology, passion for improving learning outcomes, and success in supporting students’ academic achievements and families’ evolving needs.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Pierrottet points to Virginia and Ohio as examples of states that have responded to that hurdle by creating programs that pay graduate students studying mental health care to work in schools. For school psychologists, only Idaho and Washington D.C. do better than the recommended ratio. Pierrottet offers. “It

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

But when one of her professors announced an opportunity for students to participate in a research internship to study young people’s well-being and civic engagement in the Coachella Valley, her interest was piqued. Me being a first-generation student, I've never had the resources to be able to step into education. She signed up. “Me

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Despite their exhaustion, educators across our nation have worked tirelessly, transforming their kitchen tables into classrooms while simultaneously becoming the cafeteria, technology, custodial and counseling staff for their own children. School leadership matters in supporting educator well-being.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

The company has also participated in several education technology accelerator programs, including xEdu in Finland and Edstart by Amazon Web Services. But some studies have suggested that bots could help with learning new languages. All children learned new words, created stories, and enjoyed playing,” according to the study.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The college counseling company at the heart of the “Varsity Blues” cheating scandal did more than just help students get into college through fraudulent means. If movies sometimes employ stunt doubles, perhaps the online equivalent is a Study Double. Such a provision has not made it into the rules, however.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2023

The startup company provides telehealth counseling to middle and high school students through school districts. The way the service works is that a school counselor refers a student for teletherapy, and the company matches that student with a therapist to meet with the student via videoconference for a set number of counseling sessions.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

In research released by the Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness (CAPR), our team investigated the educational technologies that colleges and universities use in developmental education and the common challenges that they face during implementation.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2020

And it helps them work through those experiences through one-on-one counseling services, a targeted social-emotional learning curriculum, and small class sizes. The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study was a study done in the 1990s by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kaiser Permanente.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2024

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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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2023

The California Department of Education has created resources for students who may need support, and has identified the lack of diverse providers as a problem the state needs to solve. Studies have shown that counseling and therapy are more effective when providers share a cultural understanding with patients.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

We want all children to attend a public school where there is a nurse, the arts, band, orchestra, novels, field trips, technology and daily classes in the “untested subjects” (such as science and social studies). Teachers want fair funding for all schools. In fact, charter schools have been accused of re-segregation.

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2020

Name: Edlyft HQ: San Francisco Founded: 2019 For $250 a month per student, Edlyft provides computer science majors with group tutoring, study groups and guidance from people already proficient in the subject. Users receive access to study groups and a question bank of tens of thousands of questions.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2020

These outcomes appealed to leaders at Telstra Ventures, who have over $500 million under management and who have been studying the digital education space for about two years. For the rest, the company reports that its graduates see an average salary bump of $26,000. To become a data scientist, that’s a hard journey,” Tambay says.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2022

And studies have shown that more than two hours of daily homework can be counterproductive , yet many teachers assign more. That’s troubling because studies show that students who take AP classes and exams are twice as likely to report adverse physical and emotional health. AP courses and exams also raise complex issues of equity.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Students will receive tailored counseling to build strong candidacies for elite colleges, as well as assistance with every facet of the admissions process during the college application season. AtomicMind also aims to help these students more easily obtain financial aid. A GPA of at least a 3.7/4.0 US residency. About AtomicMind.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

That tracks with how programs like World of Work should ideally be designed, says Poynton, the UMass professor who studies career counseling. The focus, in my opinion, should be less about the specific occupations,” he says.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

Chad Marlow, ACLU Counsel According to the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), a Washington, D.C.-based In an interview with EdSurge, ACLU’s Advocacy and Policy Counsel, Chad A. The degree of privacy a student gets should not be dependent on that student’s socioeconomic status.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2021

A Pew Research Study conducted that same month found that only 20 percent of Black adults felt that schools should reopen as soon as possible, even if not all teachers who wanted a vaccination had received it, compared to nearly half of White adults. In response, we doubled down on counseling and mental health check-ins.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2020

Admissions officers may try to discern “grit,” a quality studied by Angela Duckworth , psychology professor at the University of Pennsylvania. But even as her team makes use of some high-tech selection tools, she counsels them to wield this kind of power with restraint. It’s somewhat comical.”

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Edsurge

MARCH 23, 2023

These short courses offer students the opportunity to study behavioral health, which aligns with jobs in our region related to human services, sociology, counseling, psychology and social work. This semester, the Community College of Aurora rolled out the first microcredentials in its history.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

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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Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2025

If we think about students studying, obviously their brain will prioritize scrolling social media because it's more rewarding and it requires less effort than studying. In March 2024, the district opened a wellness center in Baldwin Middle School to offer counseling and behavioral therapy for students in all grades.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2022

In parallel, though, we also need to double down on “softening” schools—to focus on building social emotional skills of students and educators and strengthen relationships between students and educators. Several studies have shown that the effects of early interventions are long-lasting. The earlier SEL happens, the better.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2023

But research and formal dialogue on the effects of this administrative technology on students, teachers and families has been sparse. Experts say that while there are concerns about security and privacy, there is no one right way to approach the technology. If you trust this person, why do you want to install a surveillance camera?”

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2018

In one study , students were not told which of their teaching assistants were humans and which were robots—and findings suggested students struggled to differentiate the two. (I A 2016 study linked interpersonal communications with higher grades in online community college classes.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2023

One student candidly shared that he felt like his teachers weren’t invested in him as a human being, because the amount of homework that he was assigned didn't take into account his commitments outside the classroom and other barriers to studying.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

An ASA study (link) shows that 70% of students believe they have to go to college to get a job, while 80% of employers are open to hiring employees without degrees. What’s more, with rising college tuition and debt, in many cases, it shouldn’t be. Trade school attendance is on the rise, and with good reason. –Dr.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Earlier this month, a new study in Nature revealed a key predictor of economic mobility: connectedness. Palette is still in beta, but will launch a half dozen or so pilot programs this fall in advising, coaching, mentoring and counseling programs. Other startups are pairing relationship maps with network-building curriculum.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2022

It’s not designed to help students study the liberal arts or transfer to four-year universities; instead, it prepares people to work as power linemen and dental hygienists. Second is the quality of key services, including teaching and career counseling. The multi-campus community college has a unique mission and funding structure.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

At a morning panel on Thursday, Sara Goldrick-Rab, professor of higher education Policy at Temple University, started the conversation by providing some context and statistics from the Wisconsin HOPE Lab, which she founded. A 2017 study from the lab found that nearly two thirds of community college students are food insecure.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

I needed to understand what was important to each one, help them find a place where they would connect with professors, engage in activities they love, build friendships, and discover fields of study that resonated—a place where they could be happy. This study provided important validation to our work.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

Agnitti, whose degree is in counseling and psychology, uses many of her counseling skills in her work as a product manager. “A A counseling technique that I employ a lot here is parroting what people are saying,” says Agnitti. In my experience that is a mistake.” Skill #5: Listen, Observe and Communicate.

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Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2020

While it’s tempting to fret about how students will learn, and what online tools will make that possible, all that should take a backseat to something more important: their mental health and wellbeing, says Reshan Richards, director of studies at New Canaan Country School in Connecticut and a board member of Global Learning Academy.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2022

poll of 32 teachers and school counselors at a book study event in 2022; courtesy of Stephanie Malia Krauss. Since COVID started, the school has increased counseling supports and upped tiered interventions. Feelings of stress and anxiety were still present, but more people started reporting positivity, hope and optimism.

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