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Why experts say now is the time to assess your district’s edtech use

eSchool News

Key points: Very soon, districts must closely examine the edtech they use and compare it with budget realities How to ensure edtech ROI? We’re doing a lot of work around helping teachers to understand the different processes and what they need to do if they want to bring something into their classroom.

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How to help struggling young readers

The Hechinger Report

Teacher-prep programs, she added, bear a large part of the responsibility here: Many teachers-in-training receive just one course in how to teach reading — a teaching task which experts agree is extremely complex — before heading into the classroom. Children do not come wired to learn how to read: It is an acquired skill.

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Without changes in education, the future of work will leave more people behind

The Hechinger Report

Related: In one state, students are ditching classrooms for jobs. The health care industry is expected to add the most jobs by 2026, and, together with the social assistance sector, will account for 4 million new jobs — one-third of all new positions, according to the BLS estimates.

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Schools have struggled to add learning time after COVID–here’s how one district did it

eSchool News

We’re using this as a classroom!” Similar activities were taking place in nearly every corner of the school: In another classroom, students rolled dice to practice two-digit multiplication and huddled close to their teacher to review their work. The deal, which runs through 2026, got the support of 70% of teachers.

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What America can learn from Canada’s new ‘$10 a Day’ child care system

The Hechinger Report

As American child care experts call for more federal investment to salvage a struggling industry, Canada’s experience may hold the most relevant lessons on how to make universal child care palatable to politicians and how to design a program to meet the needs of a diverse, geographically sprawling nation.

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How to Prepare Students in the Early Years to Read at Grade Level

MindShift

Teacher-prep programs, she added, bear a large part of the responsibility here: Many teachers-in-training receive just one course in how to teach reading — a teaching task which experts agree is extremely complex — before heading into the classroom. Children do not come wired to learn how to read: It is an acquired skill.

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After the Pandemic, Higher Education Can’t Afford to Go Back to ‘Normal’

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To further complicate matters, statisticians have long warned of the pending “ 2025 cliff ,” which represents the abrupt reduction of potential first-time, full-time freshmen projected to arrive in 2025 to 2026 due to the drop in birth rates between the years 2008 and 2011.

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