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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. NAGC’s mission is to support those who enhance the growth and development of gifted and talented children through education, advocacy, community building, and research.

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What does ‘career readiness’ look like in middle school?

The Hechinger Report

This year alone, Juliet has used 3D printers, servo motors and microcontrollers to build the parts needed to construct a therapeutic robotic dog that she hopes will help those afraid of canines overcome their fears, a project she did as part of a lesson in her English class. On a recent weekday, J. Patrick Shell, teacher, C.E.

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eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 11 inspiring educators

eSchool News

Data released at the end of the 2021-22 school year showed the district increased math scores by double digits in grades 3-8, outperforming pre-COVID levels. The AI LAB is designed to allow students to work in different stations such as: Humanoid Robotics, Industry 4.0, After one year of using enVision, Johnston County saw real growth.

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