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Identifying the Top Four Challenges in K-12 Education

Digital Promise

Across the country, schools are adopting new approaches to teaching and learning in order to prepare students for life in a technology-rich world. Challenge 1: Creating opportunities for authentic learning. Further, authentic learning has the potential to make students more engaged. What is it? Why is this important?

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Can ‘Sober High’ schools keep teenagers off drugs?

The Hechinger Report

In 2016, unintentional overdoses claimed 1,465 lives statewide, up from 613 in 2011. While Massachusetts high schools adhere to the relatively tough Common Core academic standards, at Independence Academy the priority is on meeting students where they are. Brockton alone had 2011 overdoses in 2015. Photo: John D.

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3 Digital Tools to Encourage Close Reading

Ask a Tech Teacher

‘Close reading’ entered the teacher’s lexicon with this Common Core literacy anchor standard: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. PARCC, 2011, p.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

Another notable area of growth: the size of the report itself, which has expanded from 66 slides in 2011 to 355 this year , with the number of slides almost doubling in the last year alone. ” She posits gaming as the new site for “modern learning,” with an emphasis on skills training and data-driven self-improvement.

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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. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning. In 2011, Ning was acquired by “lifestyle” site Glam Media for around $150 million. Textbook Publishers vs. Boundless. The Flipped Classroom".

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Testing, Testing… Via Education Week : “After seven years of tumult and transition fueled by the common core, state testing is settling down, with most states rejecting the federally funded PARCC and Smarter Balanced assessments, and nearly one-quarter embracing the SAT or the ACT as their official high school test.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Testing, Testing… PARCC Inc , best known as one of the Common Core test-makers, is “moving in a new direction,” Politico reports. Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Cumulative Growth in Number of MOOCs , 2011–17.”