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4 focus areas to embrace innovation and avoid school system failure

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” UVA-PLE has partnered with more than 400 schools across 100 districts in 25 states since 2003. “Districts that innovate and embrace change will thrive, and the districts that choose to ignore or, worse, resist transformation put themselves and their students at risk.” This press release originally appeared online.

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Preparing Young Students for Home Row Keyboarding: An Unplugged Approach

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Over the next several weeks, I’ll post a wide range of articles to help you integrate keyboarding authentically and rigorously into your classroom curriculum. If students wait to receive formal instruction in secondary grades they may already have too many bad habits engrained ( Bartholome ,1998). Enjoy this! Morgan (Ph.D.,

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Classroom prizes and grants available!

Educational Technology Guy

One of last year’s winners reported back, “I have been participating in the Speak Up survey ever since it started [in 2003]. Since 2003, more than 3.7 Feel free to share summaries and links to these articles, but do not copy and repost entire article. The online Speak Up 2014 survey s close on December 19 th.

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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

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The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund follows the same formula as Title I, so it can be used to help bridge the digital divide for students from low-income families. This article was modified and published by eSchool News. This edWeb broadcast was sponsored by Gaggle. WATCH THE EDLEADER PANEL RECORDING.

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Implementing Innovation Strategies to Make School Districts More Equitable

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From 2001-2003, he served as Vermont’s Education Commissioner. During his tenure, he focused on aligning the Department of Education’s work on three key issues: early education, educator quality, and secondary school reform. He also works with edWeb.net to write articles on their professional learning edWebinars.

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Seeing the Pandemic as an Opportunity for Change

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He has published over 250 research articles in academic journals, book chapters in edited volumes, research reports, and editorials in major newspapers. He serves on the boards of numerous national and local organizations, including the Economic Policy Institute, the National Equity Project, and The Nation. About the Hosts.

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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

This article originally appeared on Edutopia. Schools that foster trust among parents, teachers, and school leaders are more likely to see academic improvement than schools that do little or fail to foster trust ( Bryk and Schneider, 2003 ). To read more research-based articles on Teacher Learning, visit the Edutopia website. .

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