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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

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Faced with fast-changing instructional models, varying infection rates, decreasing revenue sources, and a variety of natural disasters, how can education finance officials meet the short-term needs of their districts as well as longer-term requirements? LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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Inside Maine’s disastrous roll out of proficiency-based learning

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In 2007, Maine’s then-commissioner, Susan Gendron, invited DeLorenzo to speak at a summer conference for superintendents in Bar Harbor. To build public support for the changes, the foundation also gave smaller grants to youth and immigrant advocacy groups in the districts.

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Should we test all 2-year-olds for autism?

The Hechinger Report

She became an educator in 2007 and has spent most of her career teaching special needs students at a majority-Hispanic public elementary school in the Bronx. In 2007, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended that doctors screen all toddlers for autism at their 18- and 24-month visits, when indicators start to stabilize.

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School Leadership Strategies for Preventing and Responding to Cyberattacks

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In 2007, he was the first educational leader to bring Google for Education into a K-12 school setting. Today, Ann works as a public speaker, writer, and consultant focused on leadership to meet the needs of today’s students.

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Five Steps to Closing the Homework Gap

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The library staff constantly communicates with community leaders to find out how they can assist them; again, technology is the tool, not the end goal. Some can be done by teacher-librarians; other tools might require assistance from a vendor. Michael Arensdorff has worked in Oak Park School District 97 in Illinois since 2007.

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The 2019 Global Education Conference - Full List of 130 Sessions and 10 Keynotes!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Clint Carlson, Director of Education Technology, Istanbul International Community School When Curie Meets Cassatt: Infusing the Engineering Design Process for Global Teaching and Learning , Dr. Helen Teague, Adjunct Professor, Concordia University + Grand Canyon University Where Do We Grow From Here? Courtney completed her B.A

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Not all towns are created equal, digitally

The Hechinger Report

And their cash-strapped school district has struggled to provide them with even the most basic digital tools. She says she is deeply committed to computer-assisted teaching because it gives students with limited tech experience exposure to digital tools. The district held a town hall meeting by phone; 12,000 people listened in.

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