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A school district wades through a deluge of social-emotional curricula to find one that works

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Meghan Groves, a teacher at Washington-Lee Elementary School, in Bristol, Virginia, leads her first graders in “closing circle,” where they talk about how their day went. But we don’t know how to go about it right now and as an industry we are picking and choosing what feels right as opposed to using evidence-based practices.”.

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An upscale Florida auction yields millions for local preschool programs

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Starting in 2002, the foundation has dedicated more than $40 million of those dollars to early education initiatives, and the results have been transformative, said foundation CEO Maria Jimenez-Laura. They’re also accustomed to the routine and structure of a classroom setting and know how to interact with their peers, she said.

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Its 2019. So Why Do 21st-Century Skills Still Matter?

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In Loudoun County, Virginia, fourth-graders from Goshen Post Elementary School took up the challenge personally. Ken Kay, CEO of EdLeader21 Figuring out how schools should respond, however, remains an open question for many communities. Wondering how to teach and assess 21st century competencies? The more concrete, the better.

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Which Edtech Companies Are Listening to Teachers?

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As founder of the Center for Education Market Dynamics, Livingston has spent the better part of two decades thinking about how to get edtech innovations to the students who need them most. I'd much rather they build for Abbott Elementary than for Palo Alto High School. That’s no surprise given his credentials.

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