Beth Rabbitt

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Developing a Strategic, Outcomes-Based Approach to AI Tool Selection and Deployment. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining ... It seems like every day we hear about another “AI-Powered” tool that promises to make the incredibly complex task of teaching easier or more effective. How should school system leaders prioritize the ...

Excited to moderate convo with 2 #district leaders tomorrow on where/how to invest in #artificialintelligence for learning. We'll talk through vision, selection, implementation, eval + thoughts on where the #k12 sector should "ditch, iterate, or scale" #AI

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Vivi & TLA: Feelings of Educator Success Survey The goal of this survey, created in partnership with The Learning Accelerator (TLA) and Vivi, is to understand current classroom teachers’ feelings of success.

In partnership with Vivi, TLA's conducting a study to better understand how leaders can ensure #teachers feel successful in their classrooms. If you are a current #teacher, complete this survey (5-10 mins) before 2/7/25 for a chance to win a $200 gift card. www.surveymonkey.com/r/ViviTLASur...

Over 2/3 of 2024 voters prefer increasing public school funding - including majorities of Republican and Trump voters.

Find out more in our Education Poll: all4ed.org/publication/...

#EDUsky

National Student Clearinghouse Research Center reveals error in fall first-year student count A methodology error resulted in an undercount of first-year students and an overcount of dual enrollees, the research center’s executive director said.

In all, kudos to NSC for owning up to this. But my guess is the erroneous data will show up in #pathways related briefs and policy for years to come. Link: www.highereddive.com/news/nationa...

Worrying to me in K-12 is that these corrections also mean we've overestimated access to and interest in #dualenrollment, which is a critical lever for high school equity.

These reports impact policy and perception. US Ed was partially blamed for enrollment drop by its poor rollout of the new FAFSA. The data also fueled talking pts (and thought leadership) about interest in higher ed and the perceived value of college.

Gist: "In October released a preliminary enrollment report that found headcounts of first-year students in fall 2024 shrank 5% year over year. [...] Its analysis overcounted the number of dual-enrolled students [...] “Our subsequent research finds freshman enrollment increased this fall."

National Student Clearinghouse just issued a a big "oops. " Folx interested in the future of #college & #highered (including #K12 peeps) take note:

NSC methodology error falsely reported major decline in '23-24 1st yr college enrollment, which actually had a slight uptick (.8% versus reported -5%)

Hi all! Finally making my way over here (registered... and then floundered for a year). Psyched to learn with others in this space.

Views on US K-12 satisfaction are out... and they are not good. Record low for public and parents.

news.gallup.com/poll/510401/...

Dear (redacted), In accordance with Senate File 496, we are required to inform you of students who are requesting to go by a nickname or name that is something other than what is listed in Infinite Campus. Today, Joseph requested that he be called Joe in class. However, because that nickname was not provided in Infinite Campus, we need your permission to grant the request. Please complete this form to grant consent and get the correct nickname approved.

Some Iowa parents are reporting being asked to formally approve their children’s nicknames for use in class as part of Republican lawmakers’ ongoing war against LGBTQ+ topics in education www.huffpost.com/entry/iowa-s...

Over half of the complaints statewide came from two people. "'I’ve had weeks totally hijacked by this book thing,' said Dailey, who personally reviews each of the complaints received by the school district—a task that typically takes 10 to 15 hours per week."