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Launching SchoolLibraryNJ (and some models beyond)

NeverEndingSearch

High School Crediting Sources Administrators Research Tools Librarians Book Awards & Lists Elementary Home Middle School Newsroom. Right now, we are building the following daisy-chained Guides: Home Elementary Middle School High School Educators Librarians Adminstrators Parents. But must we all begin from scratch?

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Schools Will Never Return to Business as Usual. Here’s How They Can Make the Most of Our New Reality.

Edsurge

Their school day, also shorter, will end with an enrichment “band” where students can choose a deep dive into topics like the 2020 election or a creative writing project about life under COVID-19—without homework or tests. Teachers’ relationships with one another are also critical, Jackson says. Adapted from Bronfenbrenner, U.

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2020 Vision (revisited)

Dangerously Irrelevant

Since it’s now 2020, I thought it would be fun to revisit Karl Fisch’s video from 2006, titled 2020 Vision. In that video, Karl imagines he is the commencement speaker for the Arapahoe High School (AHS) Class of 2020, reflecting back on the past 13 years of schooling for that cohort.

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When school districts fall into debt and can’t get out

The Hechinger Report

The atrium of Whitmore Lake High School, part of a nearly $48 million capital campaign approved by voters in 2006. Nationally, school district debt has grown substantially, from nearly $323 billion in 2006 to $443 billion in 2016, according to U.S. In the elementary school, art classes were cut. WHITMORE LAKE, Mich. Census data.

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Empowering Superintendents to Connect Technology and Learning

edWeb.net

Rather than viewing them as tool for punitive measures, assessments are just another tool that allows educators to figure out how to improve teaching and learning. In 2017 the district opened MOSAIC, a personalized learning elementary school, and created the MyPath program, which allows high school students to create their own class.

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The Key Role of Tech in Accessibility for All

edWeb.net

In addition to keeping student privacy and school budgets in mind, teachers also need to make sure that the tools work in the school’s technology environment. Similarly, when vetting tech tools, the contracts should include the district’s accessibility requirements. Dr. Brubaker has CoSN CETL certification and a Ph.D. Dr. Carol L.

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Leading the Digital Transformation in Rural Districts During Crisis and Beyond

edWeb.net

Similarly, before the crisis all of the presenters were working with their boards and communities to show them edtech in a positive light and help them understand the importance of using tools in school that students will use in college and the workforce. Glenn Robbins is Superintendent of Brigantine Public Schools in New Jersey.

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