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Much ado about NAEP

Dangerously Irrelevant

Loveless noted in 2016 that: Equating NAEP proficiency with grade level is bogus. interpret these NAEP outcomes with deservable caution and an understanding of past results, recognize that a decline in assessment scores is a naturally-expected outcome of an incredibly difficult two years of trauma during a deadly global pandemic , and then.

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Nonprofit News Literacy Project Welcomes Former Educator as CEO, With Plans to Expand

Edsurge

-Alan Miller, founder and outgoing CEO of the News Literacy Project In 2008, when Miller started the News Literacy Project following a visit to his daughter’s sixth grade class, he thought news literacy would be an important skill for students and educators in the age of burgeoning social media and smartphones.

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Teaching the “Netflix Generation” #LT8keys

Tom Murray

The explosion of social media, combined with the ability to stream content to virtually all types of devices, both at home and while on the go, has radically altered the way in which people interact with media. “If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.”

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Research-Based Digital Family Engagement Program Set to Expand Student Support

eSchool News

For more information about ParentPowered’s evidence-based family engagement programs, visit [link] , and stay connected with ParentPowered on social media through Facebook and LinkedIn. The ParentPowered approach fosters positive relationships between caregivers, children and schools to improve student outcomes.

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6 Edtech New Year’s Resolutions

Tom Murray

With the new year now upon us, listed below are six edtech resolutions for 2016. Districts having success in this area are working to empower teachers – giving them a voice and choice; moving from hours-based to outcome-based systems of accountability; and have school leaders that model and are transparent with their own growth.

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As Tech Companies Hire More Liberal Arts Majors, More Students Are Choosing STEM Degrees

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Bachelors of arts degrees in the humanities decreased from 36 percent in 1970 to 23 percent in 2016, according to data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. In the past, liberal arts outcomes have always been harder to quantify because they lack of career specificity embedded in the program,” says Sentz. “If

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Teaching the “Netflix Generation”

Tom Murray

The explosion of social media, combined with the ability to stream content to virtually all types of devices, both at home and while on the go, has radically altered the way in which people interact with media. “If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.”

Survey 189