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Top Hat Buys Canadian Textbook Business to Compete With Publishers in Digital Courseware

Edsurge

The term comes from the physical devices that other companies used to sell, where students literally pressed buttons to respond to multiple-choice questions. The Toronto-based company once relied on textbook publishers to distribute its technology. To date, the company has raised $105 million in venture capital.

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Teaching isn’t Rocket Science – It’s Way More Complex

The CoolCatTeacher

Sponsor: The STLinATL Conference will be at Woodward Academy in Atlanta July 26-27, 2018. Link to show: Date: April 5, 2018. You know, we’re not giving the kids the tools in school along with opportunities to collaborate, that they need on the job, that the companies are asking for. www.stlinatl.com. Stream by clicking here.

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How Mindfulness Can Help Teachers and Students Manage Challenging Situations

MindShift

Excerpted from “ Mindfulness in the Secondary Classroom: A Guide for Teaching Adolescents ,” (c) 2019 by Patricia C. Norton & Company. Hoeksema, & Schouten, 2009). 2014; Spear, 2009). She is the author of “ Mindfulness in the Secondary Classroom: A Guide for Teaching Adolescents.

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iPads for Masterful Math: Randomizing Formative Math Assessment

The CoolCatTeacher

Date: January 10, 2018. He received the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) in 2009 for mathematics from California. He also continues to consult for various districts across the country at the elementary, middle, and secondary level training teachers and administrators.

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A year in the life of a small-town superintendent shows the federal bailout won’t be enough

The Hechinger Report

And by the spring of 2021, Congress had approved three separate rounds of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief fund, known to educators as ESSER, sending a grand total of nearly $190 billion hurtling toward classrooms that have not seen such federal largesse since 2009, during the Great Recession. percent in 2009.

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

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

During her 4th year of teaching Courtney was nominated for and became 1 of 12 finalists for the 2018 Minnesota Teacher of the Year. She joined AFS-USA in 2009 as Business Development Strategist. Associate Professor, Co-Director of Asian Studies, Adelphi University | Jan Dormer, Ph.D., Messiah College | Chesla Ann Lenkaitis, Ph.D.,

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning. And “free” doesn’t last.

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