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4 Awesome edtech solutions for making students fall in love with reading

Neo LMS

Americans spend an average of 17 minutes per day reading for personal interest; in 2003, the average reading time was 22 minutes. Less than 53% of American adults read at least one book for pleasure in 2019. It gives unlimited access to a great library of well-written, humorous, and engaging stories that will captivate young readers.

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Discovery Education Acquires Mystery Science in $140 Million Deal

Edsurge

Mystery Science offers a library of 300-plus digital activities and lesson plans on subjects from astronomy to zoology, which can be used as a core curriculum aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards or as supplemental materials. In August 2019, the Silver Spring, Md.-based

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Culturally Responsive Teaching: Tips and Strategies for Educators

Waterford

Culturally responsive teaching encompasses little steps like adding diverse books in your classroom library , as well as larger ones like adjusting your curriculum to include voices from marginalized communities. December 2003. February 2019. That’s where culturally responsive teaching comes in. Pewewardy, C., and Hammer, P.C.

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Why Esports in Schools is a Good Thing

ViewSonic Education

Between 2018 and 2019 the number of leagues that facilitate esports in schools nearly doubled. Esports in schools can transport these kids from the solitary world of digital gaming into the common space of the school computer lab or library commons. The prevalence of esports in schools is likewise rapidly expanding.

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University of Chicago projected to be the first U.S. university to cost $100,000 a year

The Hechinger Report

The privilege of attending is costly, at $57,642 for the 2019-20 academic year. Looking at data from 2003 and 2012 for 448 small private colleges, it found that higher tuition discounts did not correlate with increased low-income or minority student enrollment. The $81 million Joe and Rika Mansueto Library opened in 2011.

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Colleges are using big data to track students in an effort to boost graduation rates, but it comes at a cost

The Hechinger Report

Georgia State’s student newspaper, The Signal, devoted a special April 2019 issue to how administrators were monitoring student data. January 16, 2019. Since 2003, Georgia State has raised its graduation rates by 23 percentage points, which adds up to more than $60 million. Photo: Jill Barshay/Hechinger Report.

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A charter school faces the ugly history of school choice in the Deep South

The Hechinger Report

ohnson, a Little Rock native, came to the Arkansas side of the Delta in 2003 with Teach For America. Library class is one of Clarksdale Collegiate’s core programs. In the school’s first year, every child had library every day. Johnson said that much of that money went to one-time startup costs, such as stocking the library.

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