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Computer literacy: The invisible skills gap?

Neo LMS

While the teachers in my audience will probably know the difference, it does not help that the Common Core Standards are exceptionally vague about the type of digital skills students need to exhibit. Enter the knowledge-based economy – a trending topic across sectors more or less from 2003 onward.

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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. After completing my studies, the district provided me an additional role as one of the few English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers in our district.

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Kids struggle to read when schools leave phonics out

The Hechinger Report

“There are thousands of studies,” said Louisa Moats, an education consultant and researcher who has been teaching and studying reading since the 1970s. “This is the most studied aspect of human learning.” ” Related: Can Common Core reading tests ever be fair? Balanced literacy.

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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. They would have science and social studies, because you can’t read if you don’t know anything about the world, she said. She knew that she could find a way for them in the local district if she had to. Habari gani!”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Chalkbeat : “ Trump education nominee pleads ignorance about high-profile voucher studies showing negative results.” Via Education Week : “Even When States Revise Standards, the Core of the Common Core Remains.” ” Via NPR : “New Study Finds That 4.2

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The Politics of Education Technology

Hack Education

“ Facebook Is Not a Technology Company ,” media studies professor Ian Bogost also wrote in August. The Common Core. Despite the common invocation of the Internet as a world-wide network, “net neutrality” is not recognized globally. Every industry uses computers, software, and internet services.