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Open Up Resources Takes A Digital Leap Through Kiddom Partnership

Edsurge

Open Up Resources offers two of the highest-reviewed curriculum for middle-school math and K-5 English, according to EdReports, which evaluates textbooks for rigor, usability and alignment to academic standards. She’s enthusiastic about accessing Open Up Resources’ materials on the Kiddom platform. “By

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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

The Hechinger Report

. — On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. Teachers rarely stand at the front of the classroom. Getting there wasn’t easy.

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Virginia district launches summer kindergarten readiness initiative

eSchool News

Under this initiative, children who will be starting kindergarten in fall 2016 will receive a free summer subscription to Smarty Ants®, an effective, research-based literacy program designed specifically for young learners. Smarty Ants is not the only Achieve3000 solution currently implemented at Virginia Beach.

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Not enough students have mentors, and we must change that

The Hechinger Report

Fifth graders Davonayshia Hollis, left, and Denaya Rippey, review a group entrepreneurial project for a parent-approved music device, developed in a mentorship program, Thursday May 19, 2016, at Brooklyn’s P.S. 307 in New York. Work-based learning is an instructional approach to classroom teaching that connects it to the workplace.

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Understanding ESSA: How the Every Student Succeeds Act will Change U.S. Educational Policy

eSpark

have expressed frustration with No Child Left Behind, an educational policy that has been derided by educators as placing too much emphasis on standardized testing and failing to address racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps. ESSA encourages districts to bring edtech into the classroom. For over ten years, districts across the U.S.

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How a dropout factory raised its graduation rate from 53 percent to 75 percent in three years

The Hechinger Report

So our daily greeting provides a positive interaction before they get into their classroom.”. According to data provided by district officials, in spring 2016 (the most recent year available), Webster graduated 75 percent of its seniors, a 22-point increase in just three years. The results have been impressive.

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This STEM-focused district hands out paychecks along with report cards

The Hechinger Report

A robot built by students to research endangered frogs in Lake Titicaca, in Peru, being tested in June, 2016, by Lindsey Hamblin (left), then a Skyline High School senior, and Callie Meyers, then a Skyline junior. Related: Tech for tots and teachers: Promoting STEM learning in preK-3 classrooms. Photo: Courtesy of Jeffrey Sylvester.

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