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Engaging and Differentiated Summer Lessons

N2Y

Keep students excited about learning with innovative instructional materials, including embedded differentiation to support the needs of unique learners. Activities include leisure, recreation, and life skills to guide students in developing self‑advocacy. Summer Unit Content. ELA —leveled readings and writing activities.

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David, Goliath, and the Future of the U.S. K-12 OER Movement

Doug Levin

K-12 education system by open educational resources (OER) since 2009, although my first exposure to the ideas and leaders of the movement stretch back to the launch of the MIT OpenCourseWare initiative. I’ve been engaged in thinking deeply about the promise and opportunity afforded the U.S. This is good news and cause for celebration.

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Council of the Great City Schools Presents Norfolk High School Graduate Ayana Askew with $10,000 Dr. Michael Casserly Legacy Scholarship for Educational Courage and Justice

eSchool News

Ayana demonstrates a remarkable commitment to her studies, her advocacy work, and her community. The Council brings together 75 of the nation’s largest urban public school systems in a coalition dedicated to the improvement of public education for our nation’s urban public school children. To learn more about the CGCS, visit CGCS.org.

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Council of the Great City Schools Selects Dr. Lily Wong Fillmore as the 2023 Recipient of the Dr. Michael Casserly Legacy Award for Educational Courage and Justice

eSchool News

Her advocacy for rich and juicy text and her support for the highest standards in language instruction has inspired not only the Great City School staff and membership, but teachers and researchers the world over. See CGCS.org.

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School Superintendents of Alabama and Curriculum Associates Recognize Students and Educators with $12,000 in Scholarships

eSchool News

Comer Memorial High School in the Talladega County School System, who plans to attend Jacksonville State University. The recipients are: Mindy Blankenship, a teacher at Ariton High School in the Dale County School District, who is pursuing a Master’s in Instructional Leadership at the University of West Alabama.

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From Static to Interactive and From Open to Free: Consequences Both Intended and Unintended

Iterating Toward Openness

The students who used Khan Academy – specifically, students who used Khan Academy’s online homework system – had significantly more opportunities to practice, receive feedback, reflect, and practice again than students who used an open textbook. Homework Systems. Again, this should not be a surprise to anyone.

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Should you build your own LMS?

eSchool News

No longer relegated to using textbooks as their core instructional materials, teachers look to their institutions for help selecting, aggregating, and then delivering relevant content to their pupils. The online education movement has pushed K-12 schools and districts to rethink the way they develop and deliver content.

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