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Inquiry Hub Secondary School – Confluence and Influence

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Confluence and Influence – Inquiry Hub Secondary School. Background: The 2018-2019 school year is Inquiry Hub Secondary’s 7th year since it was founded. In 2015 Riverside Secondary School started delivering Digital Learning 10 to their Grade 9 students (which is also the grade we deliver it at for Inquiry Hub students).

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3 Ways to Stress Less in Today’s Classroom

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Dr. Alexander is lifetime certified in Louisiana in Secondary English Education, as a Reading Specialist, as a School Librarian, as an Educational Technology Facilitator, as an Educational Technology Leader and in Educational Leadership 1. She is the Founder CEO of Educator Alexander Consulting, LLC. Learn more at www.educatoralexander.com.

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5 Ways to Build Reading Stamina in Adolescent Students

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UNESCO (2017, September 2017). She has published articles in the Wisconsin English Journal and has spoken at state and national conferences on aspects of secondary literacy. December 18, 2014. 2019, October 14, 2021). “How Did U.S. Students Perform on the Most Recent Assessments?” ” Fact Sheet.

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Fewer Deals, More Money: U.S. Edtech Funding Rebounds With $1.2 Billion in 2017

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based edtech startups in 2017 saw a resurgence of investment capital. Yet at 126 deals, the number of fundraises in 2017 is also at its lowest since 2011. We counted five such deals, and if we took their funding into account, the 2017 total would be close to $1.8 million in 2017. The answers depend on who you ask.

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When Kindness goes Viral #Mondaymotivation

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In 2014 he released his first book, Principal Matters: The Motivation, Action, Courage, and Teamwork Needed for School Leaders. His second book, Messaging Matters: How School Leaders Can Inspire Student, Motivate Teachers, and Communicate with Parents is scheduled for publication August 2017 with Solution Tree Publishing.

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Bankers, Buyers and Warriors: Reporter’s Notebook From the 2017 ASU+GSV Summit

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Almost all of the PreK to 12 programming clustered in the Little America hotel, while the post-secondary, workforce training and company suites clustered in the more opulent Grand America across the street. Take Blackboard , which has bought 15 companies since 2014. This split was almost reinforced physically, in a way.

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The Awkward Truth About ‘Free College’—It Isn’t Truly Free

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In 2014, when Tennessee unveiled a statewide scholarship to cover tuition expenses at community colleges, the program was praised for making higher education possible for more people. For example, in the 2017 cohort, 26 percent of white participants graduated on time, compared to only 9 percent of Black participants.

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