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Renaissance and Hillsborough County Celebrate 10 Years of Equitable Access to Thousands of Books

eSchool News

Over the 10 years of the Read on myON collaboration, hundreds of thousands of children from birth through 8th grade have had free access to the myON platform. All twenty-seven of our high schools were recently listed in the US News and World Report Best High Schools ranking report.

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Science-backed scalable tools improve student mental health

eSchool News

These factors include individual traits, social support, and relationship with parents, among others (Credé & Niehorster, 2012). For example, a universal screening can be sent out to students via email, made accessible on school/college websites, and provided as a part of academic advising and counseling services. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01855.

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Rebuilding a School Community with Maker Learning

Digital Promise

To ensure access to high-quality educational experiences at the high school level, students enrolled in Grades 9-12 were provided tuition to attend one of two neighboring high schools. In 2012, students in Grades 7-8 followed suit. professional learning and new learning experiences.

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Best YouTube Alternatives for School

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Unfortunately, YouTube does come with a number of distracting and sometimes outright inappropriate elements that make several school districts restrict its access. middle school, high school, elementary, college and university). TED Talks TED Talks is one of the best alternatives to YouTube especially for use in schools.

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How one district has diversified its advanced math classes — without the controversy

The Hechinger Report

But when she returned to teach at Union in 2012, the white student population had shrunk to a little more than half of total enrollment. Credit: Shane Bevel for The Hechinger Report Enrollment data suggest the effort to make higher-level math accessible to more students had started to yield results before the pandemic.

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Virginia’s Portsmouth Public Schools Expands Partnership with Discovery Education to Bring Students in Grades 7-12 State-of-the-Art Digital Resources 

eSchool News

In this new phase of collaboration, educators, and students in grades 7-12 across PPS will receive access to Discovery Education’s Pivot Interactives service. million educators and 45 million students worldwide, and its resources are accessed in over 100 countries and territories. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

2013; Parsons, 2012; Vaughn, 2015, ). In his paper “Teaching with a Global Perspective”, Dr. Percy Richardson (2012) emphasizes the importance of preparing students for a globally interconnected world. Adaptive teaching: Reflective practice of two elementary teachers’ visions and adaptations during literacy instruction.

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