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Improving outcomes for all students | accelerate.us
ICYMI: Read more about
@teachforamerica.bsky.social
, a former Accelerate grantee, in this piece by Katie Tennessen Hooten, founder and senior vice president of Teach for Americaās Ignite Fellowship, in
@the74.bsky.social
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www.the74million.org/article/tuto...
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Tutoring Is the Teacher Pipeline Weāve Been Missing
Hooten: High-dosage tutoring delivers more than academic gains. It could redefine how we bring the next generation of educators into classrooms.
https://www.the74million.org/article/tutoring-is-the-teacher-pipeline-weve-been-missing/
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Whether youāre a researcher, district leader, policymaker, or tutoring provider, this toolkit offers actionable resources to support impactful, high-dosage tutoring. Learn more and download today!
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š£ Congratulations to Accelerate's 2025 awardees for our Call for Effective Technology and Evidence for Impact grant programs!
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Our partners at LDOE continue to show how evidence-based education practices & effective state-level partnerships can improve student outcomes. In LA, HDT scaled by state funding has produced unprecedented literacy gains.
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www.nola.com/news/educati...
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'It's working.' Trump education secretary Linda McMahon visits Louisiana, praises reading gains
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon visited Baton Rouge on Monday, the first stop on a cross country "Returning Education to the States" tour.
https://www.nola.com/news/education/secretary-of-education-linda-mcmahon-visits-louisiana/article_177e49b6-f5dc-4857-9fa4-e0e61e82e823.html
4 months ago
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TODAY:
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will be hosting a webinar, "Tracking DOGE Cuts: Pulling Back the Curtain on Terminated Education Contracts and Whatās Next" featuring Accelerate's Managing Director of Research and Evaluation, Matthew P. Steinberg.
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Tracking DOGE Cuts: Pulling Back the Curtain on Terminated Education Contracts and Whatās Next
We discuss how our teamās in-depth reporting is uncovering the scale of DOGEās education department cuts and how it will shape the market over the next few years.
https://marketbrief.edweek.org/quarterly-briefing/tracking-doge-cuts-pulling-back-the-curtain-on-terminated-education-contracts-and-whats-next
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š Check out the latest opinion piece from Jason Godfrey, PhD in
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www.the74million.org/article/if-t...
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If the Money Moves, the Metrics Must, Too
Godfrey: Conservatives pride themselves on demanding receipts, progressives on demanding equity. Without national metrics, both lose their yardstick.
https://www.the74million.org/article/if-the-money-moves-the-metrics-must-too/
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Deans for Impact (DFI)
5 months ago
#GLRWeek
2025 will spotlight new strategies for expanding the tutoring workforce. 7/29 @ 3pm ET, join DFI's VP of External Affairs
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@the74.bsky.social
highlighted efforts in Guilford County Schools to sustain high-dosage tutoring after students recovered much faster than their peers in large U.S. cities.
www.the74million.org/article/thre...
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Three Districts Took the Long View with Federal Relief Funds. Their Bets Are Paying Off
EdSurge talked to three districts that are seeing gains despite the emergency fundsā expiration.
https://www.the74million.org/article/three-districts-took-the-long-view-with-federal-relief-funds-their-bets-are-paying-off/
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We know that rigorous research reveals what worksāour role is to create the conditions necessary for rapid and widespread adoption of proven strategies. Learn more about the Call for Effective Technology, Accelerate's expansion into ed tech and AI tools.
accelerate.us/introducing-...
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Introducing the Call for Effective Technology: Accelerate's Next Chapter in Evidence-Building Grantmaking - Accelerate
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https://accelerate.us/introducing-the-call-for-effective-technology-accelerates-next-chapter-in-evidence-building-grantmaking/
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š£ Announcing Accelerateās newest grant opportunity, the Call for Effective Technology! Learn more and apply here:
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CET Application - Accelerate
https://accelerate.us/cet-application/
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š” Interesting article for states looking for guidance around AI policies from
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Our Advice for States Developing AI in Education Policies - The Learning Agency
States must craft policies for AI. The more tailored the guidance can be to the actual use of AI the more helpful it will be. Here's our advice.
https://the-learning-agency.com/the-cutting-ed/article/our-advice-for-states-developing-ai-in-education-policies/
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š” ICYMI: Excellent piece by
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www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/u...
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Has America Given Up on Childrenās Learning?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/us/education-politics-learning.html
7 months ago
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š£ Check out the latest report from Accelerate and
@mathematicanow.bsky.social
describing lessons learned from eight tutoring providers who have utilized a variety of approaches and contexts to scale up high-dosage tutoring with school partners across the country.
accelerate.us/lessons-lear...
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Accelerate's 2023-24 Call to Effective Action: A Synthesis of Lessons Learned - Accelerate
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https://accelerate.us/lessons-learned-from-cea2023-24/
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āThis happens in education programming a lot. Thereās money for something, we say weāre going to do it, the money runs out, and we donāt have a way to continue things that work."
www.edweek.org/leadership/t...
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Tutoring Programs Are in Limbo After the Expiration of COVID Relief Aid
Some districts have had to terminate tutoring programs or scramble to find alternate sources of funding.
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/tutoring-programs-are-in-limbo-after-the-expiration-of-covid-relief-aid/2025/04
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7 months ago
Many CBOs & schools are securing fall's tutoring partnership. Now is the time to prepare: are you aligned on goals and how tutoring will fit in the schoolday? The ProvenTutoring &
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āGuide for Implementing an Impactful Tutoring Modelā can help:
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Did child policy predictions hold true? Join this discussion hosted by the Campaign for Grade Level Reading on April 22, 3ā4:30 pm ET for a follow-on from the 1/7 post-election session.
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: GLR Learning Tuesdays. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
GLR Learning Tuesdays affirms CGLR's commitment to get better at getting better by learning with and from each other. We are using these webinars as a portal through which to access and explore the be...
https://ow.ly/MkVI50Q4MTP
8 months ago
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āMaybe the new approval process will allow the department to have a higher confidence rate that these funds are being spent on activities like tutoring that ensure academic recovery.ā - Narric Rome
www.k12dive.com/news/states-...
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States, lawmakers push back on āabrupt and chaoticā reversal of COVID funds
The Education Department ended ESSER late liquidation, months after many states had received preapproval from the Biden administration.
https://www.k12dive.com/news/states-lawmakers-pushback-on-covid-fund-spending-extensions/744811/
8 months ago
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We're eager to dive in to this great resource on education policy:
livehandbook.org
. Thank you to
@aefpweb.bsky.social
for putting it together and to
@the74.bsky.social
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Evidence-Based Education Policy Research | Live Handbook
Explore evidence-based education policy research at our digital hub. Access data-driven insights to improve learning outcomes and shape effective policies.
https://livehandbook.org
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š£ We're accepting letters of interest for our newest grant program, Evidence for Impact. This highly selective opportunity will fund organizations ready to fill these HDT research gaps. Learn more here:
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EFI Application - Accelerate
https://accelerate.us/efi-application/
9 months ago
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@kevinhuffman.bsky.social
shared thoughts about President Trump's executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. Thank you
@npr.org
and
@amartinezla.bsky.social
for your coverage! Listen here:
www.npr.org/2025/03/21/n...
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Former Tennessee education official discusses order to dismantle Education Department
NPR's A Martinez speaks with Kevin Huffman, a former Tennessee commissioner of education, about President Trump's executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education.
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-5334678/former-tennessee-education-official-discusses-order-to-dismantle-education-department
9 months ago
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š° Check out this piece in
@the74.bsky.social
by Accelerate's CEO,
@kevinhuffman.bsky.social
and @Sadie Stockdale Jefferson, PhD, Executive Director at University of Chicago Education Lab.
www.the74million.org/article/the-...
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The Case for Doubling Down on Tutoring, a Proven Solution We Canāt Afford to Lose
Huffman and Jefferson: Tutoring isnāt just an investment in students ā itās an investment in our countryās future.
https://www.the74million.org/article/the-case-for-doubling-down-on-tutoring-a-proven-solution-we-cant-afford-to-lose/
9 months ago
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Proud to be partnering with UF Lastinger Center for Learning! āAccelerate and the Lastinger Center are dedicated to data-driven outcomes that lead to continuous improvement in the services we offer Florida students,ā said Senate President Ben Albritton.
lastinger.center.ufl.edu/2025/03/stat...
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Florida and the UF Lastinger Center for Learning Announce $500,000 Investment in High-Dosage Tutoring to Supercharge Learning Recovery Efforts | Lastinger Center for Learning
https://lastinger.center.ufl.edu/2025/03/states-leading-recovery-grant/
9 months ago
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āļø We're really pleased to see the Louisiana Board of Elementary & Secondary Education proposing $30 million for the statewide Accelerate Tutoring program. It's a great boost of the HDT strategy that helped propel Louisiana's academic recovery even further. Congrats to LDOE and LA Kids Matter!
9 months ago
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š In the face of weak national results, some states are bucking the trends. Overwhelmingly, these states use high-dosage tutoring as a key strategy to drive student outcomes.
9 months ago
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š” ICYMI: With student achievement declining & pandemic-era aid winding down, educators & policymakers must ask, āIs it worth it?ā when evaluating interventions. Our new report introduces a game-changing Cost Tool to help analyze the value of tutoring programs.
accelerate.us/cost-tool/
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Conducting Cost Analysis of Tutoring Interventions: A Guide for Program Providers and ResearchersĀ - Accelerate
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https://accelerate.us/cost-tool/
9 months ago
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Thank you to
@edweek.bsky.social
for covering the
#StateofHDT2025
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www.edweek.org/leadership/h...
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Hereās What Makes Tutoring Work for Academic Recovery
Tutoring can help boost student achievement, but there are concerns about how to scale it.
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/heres-what-makes-tutoring-work-for-academic-recovery/2025/02
9 months ago
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š Post-pandemic learning loss calls for structured, research-driven tutoring initiatives like those in TN, LA, and other states.
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10 months ago
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Interesting piece by Emily Freitag on how Mississippi managed technical assistance centrally at the SEA:
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A bold state move to improve reading
When I started teaching in Louisiana in 2004, I was told that the state was expanding annual assessments of students to all grades 3ā8 because Louisiana ranked forty-ninth in the country for reading p...
https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/bold-state-move-improve-reading
10 months ago
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Check out the latest from Harvard's Thomas Kane and Accelerate's Jason Godfrey, PhD! ⤵ļø
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accelerate.us/how-states-c...
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How States Can Soften the Fall From the Fiscal Cliff - Accelerate
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https://accelerate.us/how-states-can-soften-the-fall-from-the-fiscal-cliff/
10 months ago
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Now more than ever the education field must focus its attention on identifying educational interventions that have the greatest return on investment.
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@edweek.bsky.social
@chalkbeat.org
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@abtglobal.bsky.social
accelerate.us/cost-tool/
10 months ago
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Important reporting from
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hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
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DOGE's death blow to education studies
Researchers say students and schools will suffer without vital data
https://hechingerreport.org/proof-points-doge-death-blow-education-studies/
10 months ago
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We are still working to recapture pre-COVID achievement and reverse declining trendlines that go back over a decade. Tutoring is a piece of the puzzle, but we need much more focus and collective energy to address this challenge.
@proventutoring.bsky.social
@tnakiat.bsky.social
#StateofHDT2025
10 months ago
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With student achievement declining & pandemic-era aid winding down, educators & policymakers must ask, āIs it worth it?ā when evaluating interventions. Our new report introduces a game-changing Cost Tool to help analyze the value of tutoring programs.
accelerate.us/cost-tool/
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Conducting Cost Analysis of Tutoring Interventions: A Guide for Program Providers and ResearchersĀ - Accelerate
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https://accelerate.us/cost-tool/
10 months ago
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"States making progress have a vision for what the student experience will look like, and planning and policy that drives against that vision."
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#StateofHDT2025
10 months ago
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"You need to be constantly building a body of evidence around your intervention. Itās not over once youāve completed your first rigorous analysis."
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#StateofHDT2025
10 months ago
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Three days ago, our grantees met with staff representing Senator Susan Collins, Yesterday, Sen. Collins asked USED nominee Linda McMahon about research that supports efforts "like high-dosage tutoring" and how those funds should continue.
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10 months ago
Reflections from
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's Amanda Neitzel at the 2025 High-Dosage Tutoring Convening this week.
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#StateofHDT2025
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Thank you to JHU School of Education Dean Christopher Morphew, for joining ProvenTutoring and Accelerate at the 2025 High-Dosage Tutoring Convening at the JHU Bloomberg Center in DC yesterday!
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Our team is in DC this week at the
@accelerate-us.bsky.social
&
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2025 Annual Convening: State of High-Dosage Tutoring, where we're learning, sharing, and advocating!
#StateofHDT2025
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There are lots of steps between policy passing and students learning more. It requires adults to make changes and a clearer understanding of what that means and looks like.
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#StateofHDT2025
10 months ago
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In education, there is an unprecedented level of distraction at a federal level. Where states can maintain focus and discipline, states can make an impact. They are our best bet.
@proventutoring.bsky.social
#StateofHDT2025
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We have concrete evidence of what works in states and at the school level. We are the doers.
#StateofHDT2025
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10 months ago
Great opening panel at the
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#StateofHDT2025
convening diving into the intersections of research and practice. A great reminder from @MatthewAKraft: Research is clear that as we scale interventions, results are diminished. It doesnāt mean we shouldnāt do it.
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Cara Jackson
10 months ago
Amanda Neitzel speaks to the need for researchers to be flexible and
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discusses importance of time and humility: still a lot to be learned about how to scale up, especially for opt-in programs. Great advice from researchers at
#StateofHDT2025
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It's important to build a bridge between research and practice - in high-dosage tutoring and all initiatives that impact our students.
#StateofHDT2025
10 months ago
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"Keep the main thing the main thing. And the main thing is how are the kids doing." -
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#StateofHDT2025
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10 months ago
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āļø Beautiful views from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center. Looking forward to seeing our grantees and partners here starting tomorrow for the hashtag
#StateofHDT2025
in partnership with
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10 months ago
This week we join
@accelerate-us.bsky.social
in co-hosting researchers, tutoring providers, policymakers, & practitioners at JHU in DC. Our goal? Making effective tutoring accessible so the kids who need it, get it.
#StateofHDT2025
#ProvenTutoring
#Accelerate
#jhusoe
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Less than a week until the 2025 State of High-Dosage Tutoring Convening, hosted by Accelerate and
@proventutoring.bsky.social
at the JHU Bloomberg Center! We look forward to a robust conversation about the increasingly critical role states play in supporting evidence-based practices.
10 months ago
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10 months ago
Weāre thrilled that Steve Ross will be moderating a conversation at the 2025 State of High-Dosage Tutoring Convening, hosted by
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@accelerate-us.bsky.social
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#StateofHDT2025
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