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Are Schools and Edtech Companies Ready for the Digital Accessibility Deadline?

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(The article cites Jacob’s story, though the author declined to provide further details to EdSurge, citing ethical concerns.) But there’s a push to change that. In April, the U.S. Department of Justice published its final rule for web and mobile accessibility. While not new, the obligations in the rule have become pressing.

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Dear Liberal Arts Major: STEM Companies Need Your Skills to Grow

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More companies in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—or STEM—fields are hiring workers with liberal arts backgrounds, according to a recent report. It’s so important that we have people who are thinking about the ethical implications of the technology we’re building today.” That was true for Wong of Square.

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In Search of OER’s Future and Edtech’s Missing Evidence at SXSW EDU

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As local governments and industry professions share more information around what they want, there’s also a role for aggregators to provide that data to optimize the recruiting and hiring process. If you’re talking about beer pong and darts,” she adds, “you’re creating a bro culture that doesn’t foster, but excludes.”

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The Digital Divide 2.0: Navigating Digital Equity and Health Equity in Education

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What does this mean for educators and education technologists? We have an ethical responsibility as a community of those committed to the advancement of society through education and transformational resources to promote infrastructure access, digital literacy and skill attainment, all to promote digital equity.

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Teachers Have Reached a Breaking Point. But Remedies Do Exist.

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Several things, actually, according to a new evidence-based research brief focused on improving teacher wellbeing put out by EdResearch for Recovery, a project from the Annenberg Institute at Brown University and Results for America, a nonprofit that connects policymakers and local governments with research-backed strategies.

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