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5 Ideas to Improve Rural Education in America

The CoolCatTeacher

The need for more rural education advocacy. She is an NASSP Digital Principal, and was a featured panelist & Principal of 1st rural school featured @ Digital Learning Day Live! Daisy spent her last 4 years in public education (2011-2015) as a “Turnaround Principal” of a Rural, Isolated, Pre-K-12 Public School.

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Virtual charter schools need “bold action” for change, says national charter school advocacy group

The Hechinger Report

The major advocacy group for public charter schools is concerned that failing online charter schools may be hurting the credibility of the movement as a whole. What we’ve seen, in terms of the research, is that there’s a lot more self-directed learning,” Ziebarth said. Read more about Blended Learning.

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Ways to Celebrate 'Music in Our Schools Month'

Voyager Sopris Learning

The Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 lists music as a core academic subject. So allow me to step on my music advocacy soapbox (we call them conducting podiums) and illuminate both why and how you can support music in our schools. Since ancient Greece, music has been an important area of study.

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Learning to Breathe: Educators Use Yoga and Meditation to Reduce Burnout

Edsurge

Together, they learned yoga and meditation techniques, along with philosophy, anatomy and social-emotional learning strategies. Photo Credit: Tina Nazerian At the same time, Nankin’s current adult students learned she was also a yoga teacher. In 2015, she started Breathe for Change.

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50 Free Online Courses For Educators: Spring 2015

TeachThought - Learn better.

50 Free Online Courses For Teachers: Spring 2015. Below is a list of 50 free online courses for teachers for Spring 2015, aggregated by Class Central. Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects. Go To Class | Next Session : 2nd Jan, 2015. . Introduction to Learning Technologies.

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XPRIZE: The Real Winners? Underserved Adult Learners

Digital Promise

Although low-skilled adults have minimal access to educational opportunities, I outlined in my 2015 blog post some ways in which technology has the potential to provide critical access to quality, personalized learning experiences for this underserved population.

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Michelle Luhtala is a Library Journal 2015 Mover and Shaker

edWeb.net

Michelle Luhtala, High School Library Department Chair at New Canaan Public Schools and the presenter of edWeb.net’s Emerging Tech community for school librarians, has been selected by Library Journal as one of the 2015 Movers and Shakers , the people shaping the future of libraries. to Embed 21st Century Learning.