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flipboard.com | Lauraine Langreo
5 hours agoThe Best AI Books & Courses for Getting a JobA comprehensive guide to the books and courses that helped me learn AIThe post The Best AI Books & Courses for Getting a Job appeared first on …“OpenAI’s o3 model sabotaged a shutdown mechanism to prevent itself from being turned off.
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1 week ago | 
edweek.org | Lauraine Langreo
Kaylyn Woods loves science. Ever since taking her first STEM class in 8th grade, she’s enjoyed learning about cells, DNA, and anatomy. Now, Kaylyn is a junior in the biomanufacturing pathway at the Davies Career and Technical High School in Lincoln, R.I. After high school, she plans to go to a four-year college, and then medical school to become a neurosurgeon.
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2 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Lauraine Langreo
9 hours agoThe Nightmare of Being a Black Boy at the Oldest Prep School in the CountryIlaughed when I saw myself in the alumni brochure for The Collegiate School For Boys. I didn’t know why its editors included me.
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2 weeks ago | 
edweek.org | Lauraine Langreo
Tutoring has become a popular intervention for schools grappling with stagnant academic achievement. A large body of evidence demonstrates that high-impact, high-dosage tutoring can effectively move the needle on student academic outcomes. Now, a new study from Stanford University is adding to that body of research, finding that pairing girls with female math tutors increases the students’ STEM interest and improves their academic performance in math.
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3 weeks ago | 
edweek.org | Lauraine Langreo
One of the biggest challenges for districts when it comes to providing high-quality career-readiness programs is facilitating partnerships to increase career-exploration opportunities for students. Districts need to coordinate and collaborate with dozens of employers, community-based organizations, colleges and universities, and local government agencies to come up with internships, apprenticeships, job shadowing, and other work-based learning opportunities for students.
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4 weeks ago | 
edweek.org | Lauraine Langreo
The vast majority of school districts in the United States now provide school-issued laptops and tablets to students. But many educators now say the devices have become major classroom distractions. Classroom learning devices—such as Chromebooks and iPads—have become a major source of distraction, cutting into instructional time, a recent EdWeek Research Center survey shows.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Lauraine Langreo
NowYou might be used to the Federal Bureau of Investigation issuing warnings about critical ransomware attacks, or advising do not click on anything as new phishing threats emerge, maybe even the danger from armed response units posed by a rise in internet swatting attacks. But that doesn’t mean the …
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1 month ago | 
edweek.org | Lauraine Langreo |Arianna Prothero
School districts that were affected by a PowerSchool data hack in December are now facing extortion attempts by cyber criminals, according to the K-12 ed-tech company. PowerSchool, which runs the most commonly used student information system in U.S. schools, had a cybersecurity breach that exposed the sensitive personal information of millions of students and educators.
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1 month ago | 
edweek.org | Lauraine Langreo
The technology department of the Peninsula school district in Gig Harbor, Wash., started stockpiling new student and staff devices as soon as the word “tariffs” began circulating, said district chief information officer Kris Hagel. The 9,000-student district was already hearing from regular vendors who were saying they wouldn’t be able to hold the price for long. So to ensure the district could pay the same price it usually does for the devices, Hagel’s team rushed to get their purchase orders in.
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1 month ago | 
edweek.org | Lauraine Langreo
A growing number of districts are shifting away from a near-exclusive focus on college preparedness and instead providing opportunities for students to explore and engage with various career pathways. The shift comes as more families are questioning the return on investment from a traditional, four-year college education. Policymakers and industry leaders are also working to ensure there is a pipeline for students to end up in high-demand jobs.
