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

eSchool News

Thirty-nine percent of the books children access through the program are opened for the first time outside of school hours, and books have been accessed over 71,718,216 times since the inception of the program in 2012, equating to over 336 million minutes spent reading. We look forward to continuing to support them for many years to come.”.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This could involve using differentiated instruction, incorporating multicultural education, or employing a range of assessment methods. 2013; Parsons, 2012; Vaughn, 2015, ). Adaptive teaching in literacy instruction: Case studies of two teachers. Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p.

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6 EdTech Resources and Strategies to Gain a Deeper Understanding of Students

EdTechTeacher

The key strategy to get to this level of understanding involves a tried-and-true instructional practice: formative assessments and feedback. So what are some main characteristics of these assessment practices? Students learn to set goals, self-assess, monitor their progress over time. Educator Strategies: .

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Lexia Learning Launches Customer Advisory Board to Deepen Educator Insights, Relationships, and Collaboration

eSchool News

Dr. Mary Grace is the assistant superintendent for education services at Anaheim Elementary School District in California. She leads the planning, development, implementation, delivery, and evaluation of instructional programs for all students in prekindergarten through grade six. For more information, visit www.lexialearning.com.

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APM Studios Inks Partnership With Listenwise To Bring Award-Winning Science Podcast Brains On! Into Classrooms

eSchool News

Since its launch in 2012, the mission of Brains On! to enhance our elementary teaching resources for grades 2-5,” said Monica Brady-Myerov, Founder and CEO of Listenwise. The curriculum-aligned podcasts are paired with learning tools and listening comprehension assessments to transform them into rigorous academic content.

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The 7 Key Elements of eSpark’s Theory of Learning

eSpark

These elements are: differentiation, adaptivity, student engagement, direct instruction, practice, formative assessment with immediate feedback and student explanation of learning. 1: Differentiation Keeps Learning Accessible. . #1: 1: Differentiation Keeps Learning Accessible. Why do we do this? Bodovski, K., &

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Getting rid of gifted programs: Trying to teach students at all levels together in one class

The Hechinger Report

More than 30 years ago, Rockville Centre began a gradual but determined effort to do away with gifted classes in its elementary schools as well as many of the tracked classes at the middle and high schools. But your first thought is still to blame the dog.” His peers laughed in appreciation. Those classes proved popular.

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