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Illustrative Mathematics, Family Engagement Lab, and Partnership for Los Angeles Schools Collaborate to Support Family Engagement in Math

eSchool News

“We’re pleased to join forces with Illustrative Mathematics to pair FASTalk with high-quality mathematics instructional materials and provide families with timely content to support students’ mathematics learning at home.”. About the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools. Learn more at IllustrativeMathematics.org.

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PROOF POINTS: Fixing online credit recovery remains elusive

The Hechinger Report

“I believe, absolutely, there will be a massive increase in credit recovery, not just during the pandemic, but continuing for a long time afterwards,” said Kinsey Rawe, senior vice president and general manager of courseware and instructional services at Imagine Learning, a leading seller of credit recovery programs to schools.

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Twelve Years Later: What’s Really Changed in the K-12 Sector? (Part 1)

Edsurge

In fall 2007, Larry Berger, CEO of Wireless Generation (now Amplify) was invited to submit a paper to an “Entrepreneurship in Education” working group led by Rick Hess, the director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. I’d recently moved to Washington, D.C. and he asked me to co-author the piece.

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OPINION: Three ways to help students who switch schools midyear

The Hechinger Report

public schools over six years (2007/08 to 2012/13). We think it’s important to let schools pick their own instructional materials based on their needs. Percent change in the number of homeless students in U.S.

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What role should a teacher play in choosing books kids read?

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Consequently, educators must ensure that all instructional materials and resources are available for classroom study and discussion and that these materials are equally accessible to students of all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds.” Remember: 1.

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Looking Past COVID: Science Education Post Pandemic

edWeb.net

In 2007, Dr. Pellegrino was elected to lifetime membership in the National Academy of Education. His research and development interests focus on thinking and learning and the implications of cognitive research and theory for assessment and instructional practice.

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What Is Universal Design for Learning ?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

2013) define UDL as “a set of principles and techniques for use in the classroom along with the design of accessible instructional materials.” 2007), mathematics (Kortering, McClannon, & Braziel, 2008), science (Dymond et al.,2006; Universal Instructional Design in higher education: An approach for inclusion.

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