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Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. In 2025, K-12 Dive’s conversations with school and district leaders covered best practices, challenges overcome and lessons learned on a variety of topics, from providing remediation to students to engaging with school communities. As 2026 gets underway, we’re taking a look back at those conversations to spotlight five key takeaways that offer guidance and insight as you enter the second half of the school year. Keep an ear out for the voices that aren’t always heard “I am responsive to the community…

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Key points: The rapid rise of generative AI has turned classrooms into a real-time experiment in technology use. Students are using AI to complete assignments, while teachers are leveraging it to design lessons, streamline grading, and manage administrative tasks. According to new national survey data from RAND, AI use among both students and educators has grown sharply–by more than 15 percentage points in just the past one to two years. Yet, training and policy have not kept pace. Schools and districts are still developing professional development, student guidance, and clear usage policies to manage this shift. As a result, educators,…

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In 1991, the French hus­band-and-wife vol­ca­nol­o­gist-film­mak­er team Mau­rice and Katia Krafft were killed by the flow of ash from the erup­tion of Mount Unzen in Nagasa­ki. Inex­plic­a­bly, Wern­er Her­zog did­n’t get around to mak­ing a film about them for more than 30 years. These would seem to be ide­al sub­jects for the doc­u­men­tary half of his career, a large por­tion of which he’s spent on por­traits of eccen­tric, roman­tic, often fool­hardy, and more than occa­sion­al­ly ill-fat­ed indi­vid­u­als who pit them­selves, or in any case find them­selves pit­ted, against the raw ele­ments of nature. Their cou­ple­hood makes the Kraffts a slight…

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Unveiling The Future Of AI-Powered Communication See how leading organizations used Cicero in 2025 to close critical soft skills gaps and what their results reveal about tackling the $8.5 trillion skills gap in 2026 and beyond. Problem And Shift Communication skills training hasn’t changed much in decades…until now. People still show up, complete the modules, and pass the tests, but poor communication continues to cost organizations thousands of dollars per employee every year in errors, delays, and churn. 2025 was the year AI transformed learning from passive consumption to deliberate, feedback‑rich practice. In this session, you’ll see how lifelike, AI‑powered…

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You are here: Home / Scholarships / John Gomez, MD Memorial Scholarship 2026 (Deadline: March 30, 2026) January 1, 2026 By The FinancialAidFinder Scholarship Team Who Can Apply: John Gomez, MD, was a dedicated physician, husband, and father who passed away too soon. John served his immediate community as a physician for fifteen years and had a reputation for going above and beyond for his patients in order to make a difference in their lives. John was also known for having a strong work ethic and generous spirit. This scholarship aims to honor the life of John Gomez by supporting…

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You are here: Home / Scholarships / 2026 Haiti Rising Love Wins Scholarship (Deadline: April 15, 2026) January 1, 2026 By The FinancialAidFinder Scholarship Team Who Can Apply: Haiti, whose population is almost entirely descended from African slaves, won independence from France in 1804. Over the centuries, however, economic, political, and social difficulties as well as a number of natural disasters have beset Haiti with chronic poverty and other serious problems. Although Haitian immigrants account for less than 2 percent of the U.S. foreign-born population, the U.S. has the largest Haitian migrant population in the world Additionally, the numbers of Haitian immigrants…

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