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Ken Turner
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.@Uber will now pay its drivers to help train #AutonomousVehicles - During free time, when drivers are not on the road with a rider, they can receive compensation for completing 2- or 3-minute online tasks. The pay is as low as a dollar or two per task.

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.@DenverWestword Data from Nat’l Center for Education Statistics shows that 77% of public schools ban cellphones during classes, and 38% of schools have cellphone policies that restrict use outside of class, e.g., free periods, btw classes, extracurricular www.westword.com/news/states-...
Cellphones in Schools: More States Taking Action to Reduce Student Distraction Without Eliminating Tech Access
Colorado and other states are implementing more restrictive policies as psychological concerns rise.
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Shift in fed funding and oversight related to #CTE brings interesting policy questions. Will the change helpfully grease the workforce readiness runway (as advocates predict) or sidetrack program graduates into short-term, dead-end jobs (as critics claim)? www.chalkbeat.org/2025/10/03/w...
Trump is shaking up career-technical education. Will students benefit or pay the price?
Moving CTE programs to the Labor Department could better align them with employers’ needs. But critics fear it could steer students toward short-term job training with limited opportunities.
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Acquisition of .@EchoStar paves the way for direct satellite-to-smartphone connectivity without any terrestrial infrastructure #BigLeap #GameChanging

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.@NASAJPL NISAR has released preliminary radar images that show its ability to distinguish between different land cover. Launched in July, the NASA-ISRO satellite tracks changes big and small on Earth’s land and ice surfaces. go.nasa.gov/42HjY8Q www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-is...
NASA-ISRO Satellite Sends First Radar Images of Earth’s Surface
Preliminary images from the most powerful Earth radar satellite ever launched offer a tantalizing glimpse of the science the mission will be able to deliver.
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Alarm sounds after study shows #AI power usage for text-to-video imaging exceeds previous estimate. “Power needed for increasingly sophisticated generation doesn’t scale linearly; so, a 6-second AI video clip consumes 4 times as much energy as a 3-second clip.”

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.@bradplumer .@theNASEM (National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine) publishes findings that conclude that the evidence linking rising emissions to negative human health outcomes is “beyond scientific dispute.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/c...
Teachers got mad about a cheat button in Chrome. Now Google’s pausing it.

Google quietly added a “homework help” button to the world’s most-used web browser. Educators say it makes cheating too easy.

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“If we’re patient and let policies take root we’ll see positive change” sez Gov Lombardo

.@jhoneebert credits progress to a K12 $ boost by NV. That investment helped ensure Ss have what they need

Educators worked hard to prove the investment has results

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“The world needs unifiers, not vilifiers.”

h/t .@harari_yuval
.@NAEP Math & reading scores of HS seniors slide reaching new low on nat’l test

“Pervasive challenges are facing schools and students”

Score fell to lowest level overall as well for lowest-performing students; only Ss at very top showed stable results

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.@NAEP Reading Skills of 12th Graders Hit New Low

HS seniors post lowest scores on nat’l test since 1992

Decline likely linked to screen time and pandemic

Linda McMahon says Success isn’t abt how much we spend but who controls it and how it is invested

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/u...
Las Vegas Review Journal editorial (“Progress at CCSD but much work still left”) offers praise and advice to new School District Superintendent
.⁦‪@ClarkCountySch‬⁩
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