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Empowering girls with STEM education to build tomorrow’s tech industry

eSchool News

Today, math scores are at pre-pandemic lows (thanks in part to years of remote learning) and elementary-aged children are falling behind grade-level standards, posing significant risks to children’s educational development.

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3 Things Educators and Edtech Suppliers Need to Talk About

Edsurge

Is it accessible to all learners? Of course, following interoperability standards can help ensure the entire system works together and makes it faster, cheaper and easier to make future changes or additions to the ecosystem. Will it make life easier for already overwhelmed educators, or is it just one more item on their to-do list?

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How to Evaluate and Select the Right Edtech Products [Infographic]

Edsurge

Today’s education leaders have unprecedented access to edtech products, but there’s no clear way to determine a product’s quality or effectiveness for learning. How can decision-makers know if a product meets learning standards and drives student achievement without a shared definition of what makes a product usable, valuable and effective?

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LearnWith.AI Launches TeachTap, the first AI-powered learning app for AP exam prep and high school courses

eSchool News

By combining a social media-style interface with academically rigorous content, TeachTap makes learning more fun, efficient and accessible than ever before. All TeachTap course material is trained on the exact curriculum set by the College Board and Common Core educational standards. Generative AI with guardrails LearnWith.AI

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Kindergarten math is often too basic. Here’s why that’s a problem

The Hechinger Report

We are seeing it close gaps for students, and they are more able to access elementary school math.” Kindergarten math proficiency is especially predictive of future academic success in all subjects including reading, research has shown. Eureka Math is one of several math programs that meet EdReports’ standards.

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50 Of The Best Quotes About Reading

TeachThought - Learn better.

50 Of The Best Quotes About Reading by TeachThought Staff Literacy—the ability to read and write—is the foundation of formal, academic learning. Literacy is the commonwealth, distinguished by strict compliance with general and reasonable societal standards.” –Anne Frank “Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.”

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Maryland to become the third state to completely ban legacy preference in admissions

The Hechinger Report

Across the country, racial disparities in access to college are pervasive. At least 593 colleges across the United States reported that they considered legacy status in admissions during the 2022-2023 academic year, according to the most recently available data from the National Center for Education Statistics.

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