CAT 2025: Check last-minute strategies to crack the exam with confidence

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As the countdown to CAT 2025 intensifies, aspirants across India are entering the final stretch of preparation for one of the nation’s most competitive examinations. Scheduled for Saturday, 30th November 2025, the Common Admission Test remains the gateway to the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and other prestigious business schools. With test centres spread across […]

Fighting chronic absenteeism with data-driven insights–and a little fun, too

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Chronic absenteeism remains a widespread challenge in schools across the country, but in Wisconsin, Racine Unified School District’s Julian Thomas Elementary and Jerstad-Agerholm Middle School are demonstrating that innovative, data-driven approaches can make a difference. Using Panorama Education’s data platform to monitor attendance, student well-being, and academic performance, schools in Racine USD equip educators with […]

Federal court rebukes Education Department for First Amendment violation in partisan emails

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A federal judge has delivered a sharp rebuke to the Trump administration, ruling that the Education Department violated the First Amendment by inserting partisan blame into the out-of-office messages of furloughed employees. The judgment, issued by US District Judge Christopher Cooper, marked a critical stand against the politicisation of official communication at a time when […]

How will schools replace devices bought during the pandemic?

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Key points: During the pandemic, thousands of school systems used emergency relief aid to buy laptops, Chromebooks, and other digital devices for students to use in remote learning. When students returned to the classroom, these devices continued to support one-to-one computing initiatives, ensuring that every child had a digital tool for instruction. Now, these devices […]

6 ways tech simplifies school communication and engagement

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Key points: As technology trainers, we support teachers’ and administrators’ technology platform needs, training, and support in our district. We do in-class demos and share as much as we can with them, and we also send out a weekly newsletter. We coordinate a lot of different training sessions across our many different platforms, and support […]

From passion to paycheck: How soaring debt is changing the way students choose majors in US

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America’s higher education system is standing at a breaking point. Outstanding student loan debt has ballooned to $1.81 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve, marking one of the most crippling financial burdens in the nation’s history. For millions of Americans, the dream of higher education, once synonymous with upward mobility, has become an anchor of […]

Leading (again) in uncertainty

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Key points: We are again in uncertain times. We again find ourselves dealing with sudden changes and uncertainty. We seem to be in a state of constant change and ambiguity. The causes are different, but the feelings–and often our immediate reactions to these events–are the same. It is time for us to change our way […]