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20 Years of Student Feedback Drives Digital Learning

edWeb.net

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast Can you guess what students said was their most-used mobile device in 2003? Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow and the founder of the heralded Speak Up Research Project, along with a panel of students, had a conversation about decades of trends and the latest shifts in digital learning today.

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5 ways to help students struggling with algebra due to learning loss

eSchool News

Key points: Students need algebra, but many get “stuck” as they learn Offering tutoring, particularly high-dosage tutoring outside of school hours, could help See related article: 5 ways virtual tutoring reinforces our after-school program Since the pandemic, students have struggled markedly in math, particularly algebra.

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The Greatest Lesson I Learned As a New Teacher Was the Power of Saying "I'm Sorry"

Edsurge

Each time, I am immediately transported back to my early teaching experiences and forced to reckon with my past and the lessons I learned since that time. Reflecting on my earlier years in education is one thing but writing about it made me think of another cringeworthy experience: learning who I was as an educator.

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4 focus areas to embrace innovation and avoid school system failure

eSchool News

” UVA-PLE has partnered with more than 400 schools across 100 districts in 25 states since 2003. Fifty percent of UVA-PLE’s recent partners have reported double-digit gains in math or language arts in only two years. This press release originally appeared online.

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Students Today Are Learning All The Time. Can Schools Keep Up?

Edsurge

Not so long ago, students did most of their learning at school, and maybe while doing homework or during trips to the museum. Now, learning—like the internet—is everywhere thanks to the ubiquity of smartphones and chromebooks. But that doesn’t mean learning stops when they leave school.” The parents told us that their No.

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Modern Professional Learning: Connecting PLCs With PLNs

The CoolCatTeacher

Modern professional learning links the Professional Learning Community (PLC) with the Professional Learning Network (PLN). An Excerpt from Modern Professional Learning: Connecting PLC’s with PLN’s. The Professional Learning Community. ” (Huffman and Hipp 2003). .” It retires.

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Students parents suffer as more campus child care centers close

The Hechinger Report

Between 2003 and 2015, the number of campus child care centers declined precipitously, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. In 2015, 44 percent of community colleges offered on-campus childcare, compared to 53 percent in 2003. The shrinking number of on-campus child care centers was also an issue pre-pandemic.

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