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Prioritize Your Professional Development This Year with These New Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

Many of the micro-credentials we launched in 2021 focus on topics such as learner variability, digital fluency, STEM, flexible mindsets, early literacy, and more. As part of our robust micro-credential ecosystem, we proudly partner with organizations to provide opportunities for on-demand, personalized professional learning.

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How the Substitute Teacher Shortage Is Impacting Teacher Professional Development

Edsurge

It’s September 2021 and as one of the district’s instructional technology content leaders, I have finally been given the green light to host in-person professional development (PD) for this group of eager teachers after months of meeting online. Teachers trickle in as I set out muffins and candy at each table.

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Latest NWEA Research Shows K12 Educational Gaps Still Wide, but Show Signs of Stabilizing

eSchool News

22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — NWEA — a not-for-profit, research and educational services provider serving K-12 students — today released new research that illustrates the scale and disproportionate nature of the disruption in student learning resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. PORTLAND, Ore.,

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New NWEA Study Points to Instructional Strategies Driving Academic Growth

eSchool News

Fifty-five percent of students in that district are non-white, 62% receive free or reduced-price lunches, 25% are identified as English language learners, and the district’s per pupil spending in 2021 was below the state average. Provide supplemental learning time for targeted retrieval practice 2.

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The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) Announces New Regional Directors

eSchool News

30, 2021) – The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) has elected Pedro Rivera and Dr. Frank Rodriguez to its Board of Directors. It is of vital interest to invest in the education of every child, and the professional learning of all educators who serve Latino youth. WASHINGTON, D.C.

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ALAS Congratulates Alberto M. Carvalho on being named the Next Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District

eSchool News

13, 2021) – The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) congratulates Alberto M. He emigrated to the United States shortly after high school and supported himself through higher learning as a day laborer and busboy. WASHINGTON, D.C. For more information about ALAS, visit [link].

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Panasonic and Olympian Katie Ledecky Partner to Inspire Student STEM Innovation and Unlock the Power of Technology

eSchool News

An educator guide accompanies the Virtual Field Trip and features student activities to take the learning further. You can learn more about STEM Forward at DiscoveryEducation.com/STEMForward , or within the Discovery Education K-12 learning platform. Learn more about Panasonic’s ideas and innovations at [link].