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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

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. Robert obtained their Master of Science degree in Engineering from Boise State University between 2002 and 2005.

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Using Micro-credentials to Recognize the Skills of New and Experienced Teachers

Digital Promise

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.”. For almost two decades there has been considerable debate over the importance of fully licensed teachers in ensuring quality teaching and learning (e.g.,

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Strategies for Supporting ELL Students in Math

edWeb.net

Michele Dawson, Senior Director of Instructional Technology in Compton Unified School District, CA, and Kelly Urlacher, Senior Curriculum Designer at DreamBox Learning, had a conversation of essential approaches for supporting these students in “ Key Strategies to Making Access and Equity a Reality for ELL Students.”. Leadership 3.0

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Using Micro-credentials to Recognize the Skills of New and Experienced Teachers

Digital Promise

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.”. For almost two decades there has been considerable debate over the importance of fully licensed teachers in ensuring quality teaching and learning (e.g.,

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OPINION: The Biden administration has a real chance to boost early childhood education

The Hechinger Report

In his 2002 State of the Union Address, former President George W. Early education and care plans have often failed to leverage new and compelling data to inform an expansion strategy. Bush framed child care investments around academic success: “We need to prepare our children to read and succeed in school.”

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Fueled by Big Rounds, Edtech Funding Surges to $887M in First Half of 2017

Edsurge

Frontline Education, controlled by Insight Venture Partners, has snapped up another 10—most recently, professional-learning provider School Improvement Network. The strategy has worked for a few older companies: Kaplan, for instance, began in the test-prep business and has since moved into higher education, corporate training (and a.

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S.C. district partners with Discovery Education to create teacher leaders

eSchool News

A comprehensive professional development system, Digital Leader Corps supports the development of teacher-leaders as they serve as change agents powering the district’s transition to dynamic digital learning environments.