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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

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As educators, there are many new options opening up to us that will help improve our classrooms and make our professional development more accessible and available via our mobile devices. Subscribe to the Show Anywhere You Listen to Podcasts This week's sponsor Modern Classrooms will help you teach better today! You’ll be glad you did.

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Edgenuity Acquires Compass Learning to Expand Online, Blended Learning Reach

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” See also: Teachers Like Technology in the Classroom, But Few Think It’s Well Integrated. Former Kaplan CEO Making Big Moves in Education Market. K-12 Dealmaking: Investor Weld North, Learn Launch Make Big Moves. K-12 Dealmaking: Investor Weld North, Learn Launch Make Big Moves. Company Exec. Politician’s Trial.

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Check out the top 25 edWebinars of 2021

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Create an Equitable and Engaging Bilingual Virtual Classroom for Early Learners. Leveling the Playing Field: Support for Struggling Readers in a Blended Learning Environment. Teaching Play and Leisure Skills to Students with Autism. 6 Essential Steps to Fun and Effective Phonological Awareness Instruction.

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A Welder of Digital Curriculum Companies Buys Its Latest

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He ran Kaplan as its CEO from 1994 to 2008, during which he oversaw 67 acquisitions and more than doubled the company’s revenue—to nearly $2 billion —by the time he left. Back then, he recalls, those products ran on local servers or CD-ROMs, and were primarily used for self-paced intervention or supplemental learning needs.

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Becoming an Anti-Racist Childhood Educator and Social Warrior

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Anti-racist education in early childhood classrooms is far more than a multicultural lesson or two. It requires educators to deeply understand how institutional racism comes to be and manifests in environments where young students learn. Is My Classroom Equitable? Many teachers believe their classrooms are bias free.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Via the AP : “A judge ruled Friday that school districts [in Florida ] can’t hold 3rd graders back just because they score badly on a mandated standardized reading test, saying that classroom grades and teacher evaluations have to be considered.” Tutoring company GradeSlam has raised $1.6 million total.