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3 Ways to Overcome High Student-Teacher Ratios and Improve Personalized Learning

EdTech Magazine

VIDEO: See how K–12 educators are emphasizing personalized learning for the class of 2030. While innovation in learning technology can provide significant relief for oversaturated classrooms, it does not automatically fix the problem. Use Classroom Technology to Fill the Gaps.

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Number crunch: Edtech data you can use right now

eSchool News

Using technology can improve some types of learning in some contexts. The report cites evidence showing that learning benefits disappear if technology is used in excess or in the absence of a qualified teacher. Sound, rigorous and impartial evidence of technology’s added value in learning is needed more than ever, but is lacking.

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The Winners and Filmstrips of An (Almost) Decade in Education Technology

Edsurge

OK, so Learning Management Systems weren’t developed in the 2010s, but they sure didn’t improve much during this decade. They are a perfect example of what you get when you simply transfer analog practice to digital form and don’t make use of the advantages of the new medium.

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Look Here: Predicting 2020 Requires 20/20 Vision

EdNews Daily

If trends continue unabated, by 2030 we may be looking at nearly 50 percent of school-aged children walking away from traditional public education in this country. Those things, the science experiments and those other things that school can do as a hub of quality experience, things like woodworking, for example.

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Progress in getting underrepresented people into college and skilled jobs may be stalling because of the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Having to shift to online learning because of the pandemic “has definitely affected our motivation,” said Emmanuella Agyemang, a 16-year-old junior at University Heights High School in the Bronx who plans to go to college and wants to be a journalist. That usually means she’s not enrolled any more.”. We had some momentum,” Ward said.

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Why is it so hard for workers to find new jobs?

The Hechinger Report

In a way, that’s not surprising, given concerns about the safety of in-person instruction, the quality of online learning and the lack of clarity around whether jobs will recover from the economic crisis, and if so, which ones. Even with free tuition, though, it can still be difficult for workers to pivot back into higher education.

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Doctors prescribe more Big Bird, less brainless “screen time” for young kids

The Hechinger Report

Today’s preschoolers — the class of 2030 —will still need to be able to read in the traditional sense. Related: A new “MicroMasters” online learning program offered by major universities. The AAP guidance has huge implications for how we raise children to become literate, productive adults.

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