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3 innovative ways to help teachers feel engaged and valued

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Whether you are an administrator or active community member, how you speak, write, and/or communicate towards educators will shape the culture. via a board, reverse-mentoring, mastermind groups) build relationships and friendships with people who can provide feedback or counsel, so teachers are moving towards progress and growth.

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

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“As we have seen far too often, students have run head on into the shortcomings of these technologies—shortcomings that fall heavily on vulnerable communities and perpetuate discriminatory biases,” the senators write. Ultimately, edtech vendors and school leaders should ask not just ‘Can we do this?’ but also ‘Should we do this?’

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Inviting Community College Students to See Themselves as University Researchers

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She first got involved as a student at Oxnard College by participating in research ethics training. She’s also noticed that it feels harder to get access to resources like counseling and help at the writing center at the large university than it was at her community college. One of those students is Monserrat Ruiz.

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?The Cost of Cutting in Line: Students Can Now Buy Their Way to a Job Interview

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Whatever the success rate is, the service raises an ethical question: should applicants (perhaps those who can’t afford $10 per week on career coaching) be concerned about other candidates paying to boost their odds? He explains the students coming to him felt “lost,” and needed help with skills like resume writing and cover letters. “It

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College Leaders Make Mistakes. Here’s Why They Should Apologize For Them.

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I read an entire book on derailed college presidencies , with dozens of cases of ethical lapses, and found hardly a reference to apologizing. Given the complexity of running a college and high probability for error, one might expect apologies from college leaders to be routine. But they are exceptionally rare, particularly in public.

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The Power of Authentic Assessment in the Age of AI

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Here are a few assessment strategies that fit the above criteria: Student demonstrations : Students can conduct science experiments, write short stories, create models and prototypes, and perform plays based on scripts they wrote. This requires them to do research so that they can demonstrate their skills.

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?Major Textbook Publishers Sue Follett Over Counterfeit Sales

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When asked what went sideways with the Follett negotiations, Oppenheim replied, “Some businesses understand they have to abide by ethical and legal standards, and other business like Follett believe that the laws don’t apply to them.” Other textbook distributors, including Chegg, Inc.