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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

Teaching quality has been defined as “instruction that enables a wide range of students to learn” ( Darling-Hammond, 2012 ), and it is the strongest school-related factor that can improve student learning and achievement ( Hanushek, 2011 ; Nye, Konstantopoulos, and Hedges, 2004 ; Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005 ).

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Preventing the Math Summer Slide

Digital Promise

An early stage education technology company, Cignition, is attempting to break that trend through a summer program that keeps students engaged in mathematics through their online virtual world Fog Stone Isle. According to a newsletter from the Harvard Graduate School of Education [2], on average, students lose 2.6

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Can We Design Online Learning Platforms That Feel More Intimate Than Massive?

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The research on these experimental schools frequently confirmed that students did better when schools had walls, and the model largely fell out of favor. But in this smaller space, nonprofit leaders from as far away as Arkansas, Oakland and Uganda meaningfully connected and workshopped common challenges.

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Helping Others Along – Motivation Theory and the SAMR Model

techlearning

This mantra in education particularly in adopting emerging technology is incredibly important. 1 The teacher’s desire to feel successful with his students was echoed by many of the teachers who chose to stay in the profession with their school community.1 Satisfaction What does it mean to be successful at adoption?

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Join Us in Chicago for the Fourth Annual Global Leadership Summit - March 15, 2019

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The Global Leadership Summit will provide participants with the unique opportunity to: Develop the capacity to lead classrooms and educational systems that foster in students the will and the skill to tackle problems of real-world significance locally and globally. More information on our featured speakers is below.

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The Emergency Home Learning Summit Final Week - 24 Amazing Interviews Start Tomorrow

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Foundation Distinguished Professor, School of Education at the University of Kansas Yong Zhao is a Foundation Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of Kansas and a professor in Educational Leadership at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education in Australia. Yong Zhao, Ph.D