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Announcing the 2021-2022 League of Innovative Schools Cohort

Digital Promise

Digital Promise is thrilled to announce 37 districts—including 26 new districts and 11 returning districts—will join the ranks of the League of Innovative Schools for the 2021-2022 school year. In April 2021, the district launched monthly parent advocacy meetings focused on restorative justice, literacy, and college and career readiness.

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Raising the Smart Classroom’s IQ – By Dr. Paul Fornelli

ViewSonic Education

While some researchers claim to have identified as many as 174 different types of human learning modes, the most widely accepted educational paradigm is the VARK learning model which espouses four basic types of learners: Visual, Auditory, Reading/Writing & Kinesthetic ( Kaufman, 2021 ). and whiteboard.

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Remote Learning Is Here to Stay, Raising Concerns About Teacher Training and Data Privacy

Edsurge

Ultimately, only Alabama approved specific K-12 cybersecurity measures and Louisiana a post-secondary bill to fund cybersecurity degree and certificate programs. There were no obvious patterns in higher education bills. Yes, just two education-directed laws in two states.

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6 findings to inform your state’s principal preparation

eSchool News

conducted by LPI, synthesizes peer-reviewed scholarship from 2000 to 2021 that addresses principal preparation and development programs. However, principals who receive high-quality training feel better equipped to handle the real-world demands of the role and tend to stay in their jobs longer.

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4 focus areas to embrace innovation and avoid school system failure

eSchool News

. “Districts that innovate and embrace change will thrive, and the districts that choose to ignore or, worse, resist transformation put themselves and their students at risk.” “There are no easy answers to complex challenges, but we can shift the paradigm and move beyond the status quo.

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Summer camp 2021: More anxiety, more learning, more hugs — same fun

The Hechinger Report

Summer camps, many of which remain financially fragile after last year’s closures, could see an influx of cash: The American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund earmarked $1.2 Mia Slivinski, 10, was so enthusiastic about her experience at Curious Jane that she hopes to become a counselor-in-training next summer.

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PROOF POINTS: One city hits a high school graduation record but few ninth graders are predicted to end up with a college degree

The Hechinger Report

Almost half the students in the district – 48 percent – were absent for 10 percent or more of the 2021-22 school year. Seven years of academic progress were erased in math: only 19 percent of third through eighth graders met grade-level expectations in the subject in 2021-22, down from 31 percent before the pandemic. A majority of D.C.