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Advancing educational equity with UDL and generative AI

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Educators with a mind towards equity typically excel at access. A first step towards inclusive education can be done through the adoption of UDL. UDL uses fundamentals from neuroscience to give educators a framework to empower all learners (CAST, 2018). Opening doors to all students is an obvious move.

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SLIDE: data, interactive tools, and an equity wake-up call (Part 1)

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And soon, qualitative results will offer a better understanding of why educational leaders choose to make their school staffing decisions. In 2018-19, there were more than 42,000 school librarians in the U.S—almost In 2018-19, generally, there were more school librarians in the eastern half of the country than the western half.

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The SLIDE Study: A chat with Deb Kachel (Part 2)

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This is a piece of hard data relating to equity. Before, librarians or education leaders could say, well, we think that most of the schools that have a high number of Hispanic students don’t have school librarians. We do have an equity problem. . It was never documented. Joyce : How will you select those participants?

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State and District Leadership Discuss Digital Learning Opportunities

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SETDA’s latest research, Navigating the Digital Shift 2018: Broadening Student Learning Opportunities , highlights how state policies are supporting the transformation to digital learning. The recommendations are finalized by the state board of education. Now, students always have access to current materials.

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Teacher-Student Digital Communication Makes for Good Learning

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Text messaging has become a tool of choice for teacher-student communication (in the past, it was a way to interact with teachers and parents; between 2015-2018, only about 14% of teachers texted with students). Evans enjoyed a successful entrepreneurial career in the technology industry including with two education technology startups.

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The Human EdTech for Diversity

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Technology dominates the education landscape discussion. It can bridge language-learning gaps and increase access with automation so fine that it can literally speak to a student and correct pronunciation and context, while removing any sense of embarrassment because it can be done privately anywhere. By LeiLani Cauthen. The Urgency.

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