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How To Boost Student Engagement: Modern Tools for Math Teachers

Ask a Tech Teacher

Modern educational tools make it possible to add a practical edge to math lessons, as students can observe math structures at play in the real world and see how people apply these formulas to solve common challenges. Department of Education reports show that technology can potentially transform education.

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Looking Past COVID: Science Education Post Pandemic

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Science education during COVID has challenged the best of teachers. They also noted how their efforts illuminated science education gaps that COVID heightened. Assessment. If you think of an old assessment item like, ‘How many protons are in hydrogen?’” By Michele Israel. WATCH THE EDLEADER PANEL RECORDING.

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Math Scores Drop, But Achievement Gap Narrows for U.S. Teens in International PISA Assessment

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The results are in: The National Center for Education Statistics today released its findings for the 2015 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). The assessment, which has been administered every three years since 2000, measures math, science and reading literacy of 15-year-olds in 73 education systems around the globe.

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OPINION: 7 in 10 students aren’t writing at grade level — we can do better

The Hechinger Report

Regardless of where one stands on the education reform spectrum, we all must do everything possible to find the best, most comprehensive solutions to address this crisis. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, 25 percent of students nationwide are writing on grade level, and 3 percent are considered advanced.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Good for you. But that’s not my job. And honestly, it’s probably not your job either.).

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Lessons and Leadership During the Switch to Online Learning

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Two months after the COVID-19 crisis forced educators across the United States to leave their classrooms and start teaching online, the scope of the changes and challenges have now become clear, and educational leaders have started to identify what’s working and what still needs improvement. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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A state embraces the idea that not everyone needs to go to college

The Hechinger Report

“College- and career-ready” is now one of those say-it-10-times-fast terms in education that lots of people throw around, but few pick apart. By early February 2016, 75 seniors had passed either their college-ready or career-ready tests. Related: Opinion: Are high schools preparing students to be college- and career-ready?