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OverDrive Education Provides Free Resources to Schools Receiving COVID-19 Relief Funds

eSchool News

CLEVELAND – May 14, 2021 – The federal government has approved billions of dollars of relief funds for schools, but some educators are unclear where the funds originate and how they should be used. This is a generation-defining event for American primary and secondary education,” said Angela Arnold, OverDrive Education General Manager.

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Putting Guidance to Work: Lessons from the Massachusetts Edtech Peer Learning Cohort

Digital Promise

This 3-part blog series , featuring guest authors from The Learning Accelerator and MA DESE OET , highlights the importance of centering equity in edtech selection. In this third post, the author describes lessons learned while leading a cohort of diverse schools and districts through a process of strengthening their edtech systems.

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eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 10 dedicated educators

eSchool News

Michelle Kruse, Content Lead for Libraries, Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy, Cedar Rapids Community School District Nominated by: Follett Michelle Kruse is the teacher librarian at Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy (RCCBA), a magnet middle school in the Cedar Rapids Community School District (CRCSD). Dr. Dana T.

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Getting Stakeholders to Back the Edtech Budget

edWeb.net

Edtech is no longer a one-time purchase or a luxury item—it’s integrated across every system in school districts from the central office to classrooms to school buses. Continuous professional development is key for integrating edtech, but it often gets deleted from the budget. By Stacey Pusey. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Hero Awards finalists: 18 schools and educators dedicated to learning

eSchool News

In January 2021, Seage decided it was time to leap into the education field, leveraging the skills he acquired to make a difference at his alma mater, Christopher Columbus High School. Under his leadership, CCHS was one of the first schools to implement Samsung’s Flip 3 whiteboard in 2021.

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How to Teach Writing with Digital Media with Dr. Sarah Levine

The CoolCatTeacher

Take a look at the PBL tools & resources on Defined Learning with an online library of engaging hands-on projects, inspiring career-focused videos, research resources & more to help you create deeper learning opportunities for your students. And is it writing a challenge right now is we're going back to school in fall 2021.

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K-12 Funding in the American Rescue Plan

MIND Research Institute

President Biden has signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 , providing more funding relief for K-12 education than the previous CARES and CRRSA Acts combined. This post is part of a MIND series on Coronavirus-related funding: More COVID Funding for Schools and Districts with CRRSA (February 22, 2021). Further Resources.

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