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7 Reasons Advancement Courses Has Excellent Teacher Professional Development

The CoolCatTeacher

So, let’s take these six aspects of effective professional development, and I will share how the Advancement Courses class I just completed meets all six requirements( and I’ll add one extra thought which matters to me!). After conversations, my administrator scheduled a tour of a local STEM Academy that has robotics in place.

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Do You Know These Innovative Women Leaders Who Are Founding Schools and Making History?

Edsurge

Her work founding a leading a company landed her on Inc. 2013 Southeast Dallas Chamber of Commerce Principal of the Year. In 2013 she was honored by the Southeast Dallas Chamber of Commerce as Principal of the Year. The Solar Prep model is built on high-quality instruction and creating a culture to meet the needs of girls.

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This Workforce Partnership Trains Tech Talent. Can It Boost Civic Engagement Too?

Edsurge

A couple decades later, tractors were assembled here for Caterpillar, the construction machinery company. They have been working with local governments and tech companies to design solutions to problems such as homelessness, water conservation and clean energy. It was subsequently used as a storage warehouse.

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High schools and manufacturers partner for vocational ed program

eSchool News

Stryker Orthopaedics, the Mahwah-based medical devices manufacturer; Sandvik Coromant, a Fair Lawn tooling company; Triangle Manufacturing of Upper Saddle River, which makes surgical implants; and Goya Foods of Jersey City are among eight manufacturers on the MechaForce advisory board. You are using robots, geometry, algebra, science.”.

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The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

The Hechinger Report

What’s different about the trend today is that educational technology companies are eagerly marketing software under the “personalized learning” label. It also invested in software like ST Math and the reading program Lexia, created by the Rosetta Stone company. DeVonté Trask, 11. Lexia costs around $5,000 per year.

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Startup U: Draper University and the Students of Tomorrow

EdNews Daily

Meet Tim Draper and the amazing students live on your own screen from Draper University. Tim Draper will lead his students in learning about the fundamentals of launching a startup company under the mentorship of America’n business leaders. Twitter: @SequoiaB. Who are the Amazing Students? Erin Brady. Hometown: Portland, CT.

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Analysis: Is Higher Ed Ready for the Tech Expectations of the Teens of 2022?

Edsurge

Not quite enough time for our robot overlords to overtake us, but both distant and soon enough to make us wonder. million new students have been connected to high-speed access since 2013, and 98 percent of school districts now meet the Federal Communications Commission’s 100 kpbs/student goal for internet access, there remain 2.3

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