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The Importance of the Right Technology in Schools

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Mangum then took the floor to take the attendees back to 2016 and talked about the important edtech trends of that time. She mentioned that blended learning and learning models were the top edtech trends, and defining blended learning was a big deal. SETDA is the principal association representing U.S.

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A shocking number of young people can’t separate fact from fiction online

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Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. The researchers created 56 tasks for students in 12 states, and collected 7,804 student responses from January 2015 until June 2016. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. Read more about Blended Learning.

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Empowering Superintendents to Connect Technology and Learning

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the national movement to redefine what it means for students to be college, career and life ready while serving as the 2015-2016 President of AASA, The School Superintendents Association. They have widened the availability of virtual and blended learning options. Join the Community.

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E-Counseling 2.0: Can a new wave of virtual guidance help?

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Amal Abdi at her high school graduation in June, 2016. College Possible is one of many college advocacy groups hoping that technology will jumpstart the slow growth of low-income students in higher education. Lauderdale, Florida, July 2016. Lauderdale, Florida, July 2016. Read more about Blended Learning.

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The Technological Transformation of Districts to Benefit All Learners

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Many school districts are now going through a process of determining which pandemic-related practices should be kept, improved, or discarded, and the use of remote and blended learning technologies is frequently being raised during these types of discussions.

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Eyes on the Future: Building on COVID Lessons for Enriched Teaching and Learning

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Garza has been recognized with various awards, including receiving the inaugural Tom Cookerly 2016 Exceptional School Superintendent Leadership Award from The Neediest Kids—a program of the National Center for Children and Families. Garza has dedicated her life to bettering educational opportunities for all students.

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What?s New: New Tools for Schools

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The adaptive Apex Learning Tutorials for intervention, remediation, and preparation for high-stakes assessments were proven to improve students’ performance on the Tutorials from pretest to posttest by more than 50% and by an average of 23 to 26 percentile points during the 2016–2017 school year.

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