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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

As a teacher committed to improving teaching and improving our professional development, I'm thrilled to share this conversation about how professional development can and is improving. They can show you have to use technology to unlock deeper student relationships with your students. You’ll be glad you did.

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An Illinois district proved gifted programs can be racially diverse

The Hechinger Report

She coached Wells on how to talk with her middle school counselor. It would be the equivalent of education malpractice to have a gifted program that does not look like the students we serve , ” she wrote in a book last year about how to make gifted education racially fair. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift.

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Is the hardest job in education convincing parents to send their kids to a San Francisco public school?

The Hechinger Report

8:04 AM Four people waiting in the lobby, 12 callers “Good morning! How can I help you?” We will keep our fingers crossed,” Rodriguez said, sounding both resigned and hopeful. But Dee said, between fall 2019 and fall 2021, enrollment declined by 2.5 percent between 2019 and 2022, to 48,785 students.

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After years of neglect, Mississippi takes baby steps to boost school readiness

The Hechinger Report

What started as a treasure hunt had become a logic game in Quitman’s state-funded pre-K classroom, a free early learning experience that’s only recently become available to a small number of students in Mississippi. One in five residents here live in poverty and only 13 percent have a bachelor’s degree or higher.

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The Emergency Home Learning Summit Final Week - 24 Amazing Interviews Start Tomorrow

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The Emergency Home Learning (& More) Summit is in its final week. For the next eight days we'll be publishing three special 30-minute video interviews each day with an amazing set of learning experts (see below), for a total of 24 interviews (and maybe a surprise bonus interview or two). See all of the speakers here.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. I think it is worthwhile, as the decade draws to a close, to review those stories and to see how much (or how little) things have changed. Good for you. with Pigeons.

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