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When the Variability of All Learners Is Addressed

Edsurge

Bringing together more than 100 organizations across the fields of disability advocacy, special education, civil rights and K-12 nonprofits, the Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) is one such network formed to ensure equity and support for students with disabilities and learning differences across education environments. percent to 22.5

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PROOF POINTS: How a debate over the science of math could reignite the math wars

The Hechinger Report

In early 2020, at an academic conference just before the pandemic hit, Powell commiserated with other experts in special education and students who struggle in math. In December 2020, she invited dozens of like-minded education researchers to the first science of math Zoom meeting. I see it as a huge equity issue. Timed tests?

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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

edWeb.net

Susan Gentz, a partner at K20Connect, provided a guide to the types of emergency federal funding that became available during the summer of 2020, as well as some of the issues that districts receiving funding will need to work through. This article was modified and published by eSchool News. Understanding ESSER, ESF-REM, and GEER.

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Empowering Superintendents to Connect Technology and Learning

edWeb.net

Rather than viewing them as tool for punitive measures, assessments are just another tool that allows educators to figure out how to improve teaching and learning. This article was modified and published by eSchool News and EdScoop. This broadcast was co-hosted by CoSN and edWeb.net. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. Dr. David R.

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Effective Technology Professional Learning: Leading and Collaborating to Assure Success

edWeb.net

Teachers were no longer “walking around with a hammer looking for a nail to hit because they knew this one tool, but rather, because they had more than one tool in their toolbox, could decide the most appropriate tool for the learning goal.” Reid described the drive to give the teachers opportunities to pursue their education.

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Leading a District Effectively During an Unprecedented School Year

edWeb.net

Now that the 2020-21 school year is underway, district leaders must continue to respond in new ways to fast-changing situations resulting not just from COVID-19, but also from equity issues, and in many locations from environmental problems as well. He also works with edWeb.net to write articles on their professional learning edWebinars.

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Leading Teaching and Learning in Today’s World

edWeb.net

The 2021 Driving K-12 Innovation report released by CoSN selected the most critical Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) that school districts are facing with personalized learning, innovation, and digital equity. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. The world has changed. It is going to be different moving forward.