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CoSN 2019: K–12 Schools Address Digital Equity with Curriculum Framework

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CoSN 2019: K–12 Schools Address Digital Equity with Curriculum Framework. Fri, 04/05/2019 - 09:50. Some digitally enabled K–12 schools find it difficult to provide appropriate lesson plans that can be accessed by all students, said Tim Clark, director of curriculum, instruction and digital learning at Chicago Public Schools. .

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PROOF POINTS: Learning science might help kids read better

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Natalie Wexler’s 2019 best-selling book, The Knowledge Gap , championed knowledge-building curricula and more schools around the country, from Baltimore to Michigan to Colorado , are adopting these content-filled lesson plans to teach geography, astronomy and even art history. It’s an indirect way of teaching reading comprehension.

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One Idea to Keep Teachers From Quitting — End the Teacher Time Crunch

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After somewhat predictable sections about low teacher pay and the need for better teacher-training pathways, the report includes a section on a topic so mundane it’s almost startling: “Demonstrate Respect and Value for Teacher Time.” Teaching is like two full-time jobs,” a Texas teacher who recently quit wrote in a survey to the task force.

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OPINION: Struggling readers need standards and structure based on the science of reading

The Hechinger Report

As students return to the classroom this fall — many for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic that upended their access to quality, in-person learning — we have an opportunity to enact standards to ensure that teachers’ instruction methods are effective and backed by science. In 2019, just over one-third of students in the U.S.

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BACK OFFICE BUSINESS: Number of States Reporting Lexile and Quantile Measures Doubles

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And in the 2018-2019 school year, that number is expected to double as more than half the nation are projected to report Lexile and Quantile measurements from their state assessment systems. Last school year, 15 states and US Virgin Islands used Lexile and Quantile measures to support student learning.

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Latest Research from Curriculum Associates Highlights Importance of Grade-Level Readiness for Student Growth

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March 17, 2022— Whether students are prepared for grade-level learning matters more to their progress over the course of the pandemic than whether they were remote or in school, according to a new report released by Curriculum Associates. NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.,March in school or remote) as a proxy for learning location. KEY THEMES.

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10 major insights on teaching, learning, and STEM

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STEM education and social-emotional learning will take precedence in 2019, according to teaching and learning predictions from 100Kin10. It offers a look at five trends that impacted STEM teaching and learning in 2018, along with five predictions for 2019. classrooms by 2021. Bringing the M back to STEM.

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