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ThinkCERCA Raises $10.1 Million to Build Critical Thinkers, Readers and Writers

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Founded in 2012, ThinkCERCA offers a set of digital tools and lesson plans to help educators teach critical thinking skills across a variety of subjects, including English language arts (ELA), math, social studies and science. Each lesson, Murphy shares, will “break down academic standards around literacy into discrete subskills.”

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Game On: Kahoot Snaps Up DragonBox for $18 Million for Its First Acquisition

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Launched in 2012, DragonBox won early acclaim with a pair of apps that use puzzles to teach algebraic concepts, and without the explicit use of numbers and arithmetic symbols. (We The program includes tablets and apps, along with print workbooks, lesson plans and physical manipulatives aligned to national academic standards.

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What Makes Professional Development Work?

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Technology and Professional Development. Whether face to face, virtual, or both, technology has the potential to personalize professional learning for teachers. Jeff Mao is an education technology leader with over 25 years of experience. Bruce holds an M.B.A in public administration from Michigan State University.

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How to boost math skills in the early grades

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When we started here in 2012, our district was the lowest performing in math and reading of all the schools that feed into Morton West High School,” said Carmen Ayala, Berwyn North School District 98’s superintendent. When I started, the consistent word was how inconsistent we were,” said Ayala. These goals still guide the district today.

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This STEM-focused district hands out paychecks along with report cards

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And career preparation here isn’t just a buzzword but more like a guiding principle: When the end-of-day bell sounds, some children transition from students to employees of the district, and earn $10 an hour for working on a variety of projects for local technology companies. million in 2012) from the federal Education Department.

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How to Boost Math Skills in the Early Grades

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When we started here in 2012, our district was the lowest performing in math and reading of all the schools that feed into Morton West High School,” said Carmen Ayala, Berwyn North School District 98’s superintendent. When I started, the consistent word was how inconsistent we were,” said Ayala. These goals still guide the district today.

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Is teacher preparation failing students with disabilities?

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When Mary Fair became a teacher in 2012, her classes often contained a mix of special education students and general education students. The school also offers a unique concentration in “inclusive iSTeM,” which specifically prepares science, technology, engineering and math teachers for inclusion classrooms. Photo: Jackie Mader.