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Hey, IT Leaders: When Disaster Strikes, Will Your School Be Ready?

EdTech Magazine

In 2013, just months after I started working as CIO of Bridgeport School District in Connecticut, my biggest fear about the job became reality: The district firewall was attacked. MORE FROM EDTECH: Learn steps K–12 IT leaders can take to prevent phishing attacks. When issues occur, use them as learning opportunities.

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Bringing Better STEM Education to the Rural South

Edsurge

The goal is to improve science literacy among high school students by making lessons meaningful and relevant to their lives through a teaching method called project-based learning. Students will learn to think like scientists. The curriculum also primes students for college and potential careers in science. They observed classrooms.

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Hey, IT Leaders: When Disaster Strikes, Will Your District Be Ready?

EdTech Magazine

In 2013, just months after I started working as CIO of Bridgeport School District in Connecticut, my biggest fear about the job became reality: The district firewall was attacked. MORE FROM EDTECH: Learn steps K–12 IT leaders can take to prevent phishing attacks. When issues occur, use them as learning opportunities.

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How Differentiated Instruction Can Help You Reach Every Student in Class

Waterford

If you can adapt your instruction to reflect your students’ needs and learning preferences, you can make class time more effective and help students become more engaged. In this article, we’ll go over what differentiated instruction is and how using this learning strategy can provide your students with the resources they need to succeed.

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How to direct a districtwide tech transformation on a budget

eSchool News

Beginning a technological evolution When I first became an administrator in the 2013-14 school year, I started a coding initiative. We even bought virtual reality headsets that allow our scholars to visit places they might never see otherwise, a powerful way to bring cross-curricular learning to life for students. We can (and will!)

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Kindergarten math is often too basic. Here’s why that’s a problem

The Hechinger Report

Four dots next to a printed number 6, for example, meant that students had to draw in two extra dots — an important precursor to learning addition. Research shows that many kindergarteners learn early on how to count and recognize basic shapes — two areas that make up the majority of kindergarten math content.

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Saga Education and Littera Education Partner to Boost Student Achievement in Mathematics

eSchool News

Saga, a national nonprofit, provides a research-backed math curriculum with a track record of success for middle and secondary grades. By partnering with Littera, we are excited to bring our research-back tutoring curriculum to schools and districts as they address the disruptions to learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.”.