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Computer literacy: The invisible skills gap?

Neo LMS

Recent reports have found that – not surprisingly – digital natives who have mastered Fortnight and driving while texting are far from being able to distinguish between fake and real news, or adept at mid-skill job requirements for computer literacy. So, let’s do a Marie Kondo and declutter the concepts.

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Passionate About Second Language Acquisition: Meet Inkeri, English Teacher at 51Talk

EdNews Daily

In 2003-2004, I taught a first grade English immersion classroom for the City of Espoo’s Jalavapuisto elementary school. 51Talk’s use of Common Core in the well-prepared lessons will be familiar to teachers and will also provide the convenience of focusing solely on the instruction without the added curriculum planning.

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Just Wanderful! Living Books Are Back!

The Daring Librarian

Not any of our iBooks, MacBook Pros, eMacs (2003), or brand spanking new iMacs. I am so happy to report a resounding YES! Engaging stories, fun interactive animations, enriching activities, and classroom activities featuring the Common Core state standards are at your fingertip with this amazing app for the iPhone and iPad!"

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The Assessment Range: Using Data To Meaningfully Affect Learning

TeachThought - Learn better.

Among the challenges of assessment, this concept–as it applies to formal academic classrooms designed to promote mastery of Common Core or similar standards–is near the top. In 2003 in Classroom Assessment Practices and Teachers’ Self-Perceived Assessment Skills , Zhicheng Zhang and Judith A. Report it to others.

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Kids struggle to read when schools leave phonics out

The Hechinger Report

Emily Hanford | APM Reports. This story was produced by APM Reports and reprinted with permission. ” Related: Can Common Core reading tests ever be fair? Emily Hanford | APM Reports. Emily Hanford | APM Reports. In 2000, the panel released a report. Emily Hanford | APM Reports.

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

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report. Mississippi’s public school enrollment fell by 23,000 students that month, the Associated Press reported. CLARKSDALE, Miss. —

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Education Week reports that , in front of a room full of CEOs, Secretary of Education Betsy "DeVos argued that 65 percent of today’s kindergartners will end up in jobs that haven’t even been created yet. .” ” “ Google Is Being Investigated By Missouri Attorney General,” Fortune reports.