More Districts Can Use Data Tool to Hire Top Teachers With Company's Acquisition - Teaching Now - Education Week Teacher

TeacherMatch, a company that claims its software program can predict how effective teacher candidates will be in the classroom, was acquired by a larger company as more school districts use data to hire effective teachers.

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Q&A With Paul Tough: Environment Matters for Student Success - Education Week

Paul Tough, author of Helping Children Succeed: What Works and Why, discusses the role environment plays in fostering students' noncognitive skills.

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College and Career Ready: Job Security in the Real World - Leadership 360 - Education Week

There are jobs, many of them, from which one can be fired, at any time, for any reason with little or no recourse. How can educators prepare students for an experience that is foreign to them?

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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Computer Science, STEM Education Would Be Priorities for Hillary Clinton - Curriculum Matters - Education Week

Computer science education and STEM education would get extra attention and resources under a proposal released by Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

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Early FAFSA Timeline May Not Speed Up College Aid - Education Week

Aspiring college students can apply for federal financial aid three months earlier this year, but colleges won't necessarily follow suit with speedy aid decisions—at least in this first year.

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The Challenges in Making Ed-Tech Work, Through the Eyes of K-12 Officials - Digital Education - Education Week

Education Week conducted video interviews with K-12 officials gathered at ISTE on the biggest challenges they face in making ed-tech work in schools.

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'Brexit' Vote Leaves Ed-Tech Companies Unsettled - Digital Education - Education Week

Britain's vote to leave the European Union means uncertainty for education companies with headquarters and business in the U.K.

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Hillary Clinton Wants to Focus on Computer Science, STEM Education - Politics K-12 - Education Week

Computer science education and STEM education would get extra attention and resources under a proposal released by Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

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