edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In the ‘90s, it made a big jump with machine learning. With generative AI rapidly impacting every sector of society, K-12 school districts need to not only embrace the technology, but also create policy and practical implementation guidelines on its use. In May of 2023, the U.S.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 21, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Artificial Intelligence is the topic of conversation for anyone who cares about learning, scholarship, and the future of our world, and rightly so. The job losses are supposed to be staggering.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 5, 2019

In this series, we take a closer look inside our new paper, “ Micro-credentials and Education Policy in the United States: Recognizing Learning and Leadership for Our Nation’s Teachers.”. Education policy issues must be addressed first.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

State boards of education typically set statewide policies related to youth and schools, such as graduation requirements, qualifications for teachers and statewide accountability programs. “We There’s been a growing call for students to have a more active voice in their learning.

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Tom Murray

JUNE 1, 2017

A portion of below is an excerpt from the new ASCD book, Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow’s Schools, Today , and is co-written by Thomas C. Unfortunately, many school districts’ filtering policies were developed before the rise of interactive web tools, social media, and mobile technologies. Murray and Eric Sheninger.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

What Rasmussen didn’t have at the beginning of her political career, however, was much knowledge about how to turn her ideas into effective policies. “I Over the past two years, the consortium has created open-access materials intended to make it easy for universities to start offering coursework on the topic of early childhood policy.

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American Consortium for Equity in Education

MARCH 21, 2023

By Patrick Brennan, Vice President of Government Relations, Learning Ally Listen to his podcast episode on the topic here. In the American education system, legislatures make the laws that govern education in their states.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 4, 2017

A Student-Centered Universal BYOT Policy Template For Schools by TeachThought Staff ed note: This content has been updated and republished from a previous post BYOT–which stands for Bring Your Own Technology–is a natural response to need for progressive learning tools in the 21st century classroom.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 7, 2022

New data and analysis released by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) finds ample opportunities for improvement in states’ teacher and principal evaluation policies. The new NCTQ report, State of the States 2022: Teacher and Principal Evaluation Policies , presents data and analysis on policies from all 50 states and D.C.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 12, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter You may be worried that the youngest kids can’t learn at a distance, but Dr. Nancy Frey, co-author of the Distance Learning Playbook comes along side us to help us understand how it can be done. Thanks, Nancy for helping us learn how.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 8, 2020

A new report from the Aurora Institute examines the top 10 K-12 education policy issues that have surfaced in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this unprecedented time, we will do well to acknowledge that our long and firmly held beliefs about school, teaching, and learning will never be the same again.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 25, 2023

As I shared in my podcast this week, we've adapted our acceptable use policy to include AI considerations and allow its use with teacher permission and proper supervision. When People Fail: Will The Integrity Gap Cause a Learning Gap? Ethical students will be able to learn better and faster than ever. And so are we.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2024

Since the advent of generative AI tools in learning environments, educators have sought guidance for the safe and ethical use of AI in education. The EO is guided by eight principles and priorities (A–H in the EO), two of which we focus on here: AI policies must be consistent with the advancement of equity and civil rights.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The first thing educators can do to positively affect education policy may not be the most practical from a nuts-and-bolts perspective. For legislative and policy movement specific to literacy, the National Summer Literacy Association and International Literacy Association are also fantastic resources. Setting the Tone.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2021

These are just a few of the efforts of a group of business leaders in the Fort Worth area to create family-friendly policies in the midst of the pandemic, a trend that experts hope will endure even after COVID subsides. I imagine some of the policies that were [created] in more of an emergency response might go away,” Pena said.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 19, 2020

It goes without saying that our teachers have done an incredible job when it comes to adapting to a remote learning world. Now more time is being spent refining plans as lessons are learned and, in some cases, are prepared for schools to be closed the remained of the year. The bottom line is there is no easy solution here.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 14, 2023

The Problem of Plagiarism and Chat GPT is Acknowledge by Open AI If you listened to Steve Dembo in yesterday's post, you'd learn that Chat GPT is still not as good as a human in many cases. Do we consider students with learning difference in written expression in a different category? Discuss policies with parents and students.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 27, 2021

Deeper Learning can happen as we work to connect with students and transform them into critical thinkers as well as knowledgeable about our content areas. Listen to Jal Mehta Talk about Deeper Learning in Schools. Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. Stream by clicking here. Subscribe to the Show.

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The Jose Vilson

DECEMBER 18, 2023

school policies do not seem to have pushed American kids into their own academic black hole. When people say “learning loss,” they also pair it with the idea that students are losing their positions in life somehow. In fact, they’re learning right now, well beyond the curriculum in front of them.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 8, 2024

High School collects a diverse group of students into a large learning community, but it also prepares teenagers for a future as variable as any we can imagine. Today, as education leaders, you’re faced with an increasingly diverse student population, each with unique learning styles, abilities, and aspirations.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 30, 2020

As schools across the country have rapidly shifted to distance learning due to school closures brought about by the coronavirus (COVID-19), students have been sent home with school-issued devices like laptops or tablets so they can continue their learning from home. Create learning resources and activities that can be done offline.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 16, 2024

Cybersecurity threats in K-12 schools are a growing concern as educational institutions increasingly rely on technology for teaching, learning, and administrative purposes. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

My students are working toward a master’s degree in public affairs and many of them are interested in pursuing careers in international and domestic public policy. Throughout the course, students are tasked with crafting four memos on designated policy issues. Courtesy of Wendy Castillo.Screen shot of Code Interpreter's variables.

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2022

To address this need, Civic, the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and the Coalition for Career Development (CCD) Center have released a new report featuring a state policy roadmap for K-12 education that prepares students to succeed in a rapidly changing world. To learn more, visit [link].

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2021

A study found that the policy boosted diversity on campuses by 1 percentage point, on average. But researchers are finding that the test-optional policy isn’t substantially raising the share of low-income students or students of color at colleges that have tried it.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Micro-credentials present a unique opportunity to link professional learning to practice. Through each competency-based credential, educators demonstrate application of their learning. For districts to formally integrate micro-credentials into professional learning, they must: Build awareness and encourage educator buy-in.

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Doug Levin

JANUARY 10, 2016

What should the federal role be in promoting access to and use of technology for K-12 education (AKA ‘educational technology policy’)? After all, the consensus appears to be that both of these federal programs and policy plans are widely supported by the education and public policy communities. The post U.S

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 5, 2020

As a former attorney and current school law instructor, I also am cognizant of the laws and policies that perpetuate existing injustices and active harm to people of color. . Still learning… Still growing… . Anti-racist policies and actions , Thede. Books: Anti-racism. Books: School leadership for social justice.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 21, 2022

In this episode of the Learning Leadership Society Podcast, your host LeiLani Cauthen, CEO of the Learning Counsel News Media and Research, speaks with Dr. Tiffany Hogan, MGH Institute of Health Professions, and Dr. Liz Brooke, Chief Learning Officer at Lexia Learning, about what the post-pandemic research is showing us on learning loss.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2019

And one of those key decisions is to promote policies that can ensure babies thrive, including quality early learning, child care, home visiting programs and comprehensive paid family leave. In that short period, babies develop more than 1 million new neural connections every second , forming the foundation for later learning.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2023

School and district leaders have shared challenges that they are facing regarding the use of AI for teaching and learning. AI has the ability to expand what learning looks like within a particular discipline, introducing novel teaching strategies and applications for concepts. What Is AI Literacy?

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 21, 2021

[To celebrate our upcoming book, Leadership for Deeper Learning , I am publishing an excerpt each day for a week before its release. We interviewed leaders at 30 different ‘deeper learning’ schools around the world in 2019 and 2020. As you might imagine, we saw some fantastic leading, teaching, and learning.

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Digital Promise

MAY 27, 2021

As school districts look ahead to post-pandemic classrooms, they must also continue to invest in refining digital and hybrid learning experiences. Despite its challenges, remote learning is here to stay. Last year’s abrupt transition to remote learning impacted all levels of K-12 education.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 13, 2021

The incoming Biden administration and Congress should focus on innovation, flexibility and more relevance to teaching and learning when it comes to assessment policy , according to NWEA. NWEA’s assessment policy recommendations include: 1. Require statewide assessments in spring 2021 but provide flexibility.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

Read part one to learn how this teacher improved her student feedback system to increase student engagement. In 2016, our school began putting intentional effort into getting our students to value the learning process and to focus on growth rather than grades. So, Does a Resubmit Policy Actually Work? Valentina asked Jayda.

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ExcelinEd

MAY 11, 2020

State policymakers can play a valuable role, too, especially in shaping charter school policy to meet new and unprecedented challenges. In 2010, Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana tapped into Indiana’s charter policy, adult education policy and workforce development policy to create The Excel Center®.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 13, 2015

This one is about some general guidelines and principles for school districts to consider as they formulate their social media policies. Districts everywhere are doing everything they can to put digital tools into the hands of students and staff because of the powerful learning opportunities that they enable. A segment is below.

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