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My Educator Journey with Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

The irony of this is that many of us educators have been successfully navigating the waters of personalized learning for our students, but haven’t been given the opportunity to transition that same approach to our own professional learning. Micro-credentials were my path to do exactly that.

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Building Connections Between Home and School through Family-Teacher Partnerships

Waterford

An Analysis of Parental Involvement and Self-Esteem on Secondary School Students in Kieni West Sub-County, Nyeri County, Kenya.” Journal of Education and Practice , November 2016, 7, pp. Wairimu, M.J., Macharia, S.M., and Muiru, A. “An Nokali, N.E.E., Bachman, H.J., and Vortrubaa-Drzal, E.

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Educating Students Equitably Through Collaborative Action

edWeb.net

After a study revealed only 19% of Spartanburg residents had a baccalaureate degree, making it more difficult to attract good jobs to the area, a campaign was launched to double the number of residents with post-secondary degrees by 2030. Engaging and empowering parents to support the education process is a crucial element of success.

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Connecting SEL with Academic Achievement to Achieve True Education Equity

edWeb.net

This edWeb broadcast was hosted by AASA, The Superintendents Association and AASA’s Leadership Network, providing premier professional learning for educational leaders. Smith began his tenure as superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) on July 1, 2016 and is now in his second term as superintendent.

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Mississippi lags in computer science grads, teachers— but it has a plan to fix that

The Hechinger Report

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Mississippi Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes with trends and top stories about education in Mississippi. In 2016, not even one graduate was qualified to teach computer science, according to a new report on the state of computer science education in America.

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Increasing Equity Through Student, Family, and Community Engagement

edWeb.net

One specific implementation of this approach is the Tomorrow Bus, a mobile innovation lab that goes to district schools and provides a range of hands-on learning activities and supplemental instruction, with older students participating in the guidance and support of younger students. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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Building a Successful PD Program

edWeb.net

Lynn Gershman has spent 15 years in the secondary classroom honing her practice and working to influence change on a larger scale. received the Gold Award at the 2016 Re-Imagine Education competition. This broadcast was hosted by edWeb.net and sponsored by 2gnō.me. WATCH THE WEBINAR RECORDING. About the Presenter. Join the Community.