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Free Digital K-12 Academic Standards Registry Announced
techlearning
MAY 21, 2018
IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS Global/IMS), the non-profit collaborative for educational technology innovation, impact, and interoperability announced a new collaboration among IMS member organizations to launch a free digital registry of state K-12 academic standards.
Three Tips for Centering Teachers—Not Tools—in Generative AI Innovation
Digital Promise
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
For example, Teaching Lab’s pilot project to co-create AI-based tools with teachers highlighted the need to align tools to the academic standards and curricula that teachers used. Tools and recommended approaches need to respond to these particular conditions.
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Why Use SplashLearn in Class?
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 9, 2024
Research-Based and Expert-Designed Content : Developed from educational research, SplashLearn’s curriculum and games align with academic standards, target misconceptions, and include scaffolding to support learners and foster deep understanding.
A taxonomy for using AI in education
eSchool News
JULY 1, 2024
This approach seeks to strike a balance between leveraging technological advancements and maintaining academic standards. Educators play a critical role in assessing the AI-generated content, providing feedback, and ensuring that the material meets academic standards.
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Navigating the digital landscape by fostering classroom digital wellness
Hapara
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
? Listen to an audio version of this post: Because most classrooms integrate technology now, it’s not enough to teach academic standards. Digital learning can be engaging and meaningful and prepare students for life beyond school. But educators need to balance the benefits of digital learning with protecting students’ wellbeing.
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Ensuring Equity for English Learners (ELs)
Catlin Tucker
MAY 30, 2023
This approach recognizes that ELs may require extra time, support, and specialized instructional strategies to attain the same academic standards as their English-speaking peers.
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College's Use of Exam-Proctoring Software to ‘Scan’ Rooms Violated Privacy Rights, Judge Finds
Edsurge
AUGUST 25, 2022
It’s the latest in what will likely remain a contested area of edtech, as colleges struggle to preserve academic standards by deterring cheating while balancing the privacy rights of students. The Fourth Amendment protects citizens against unreasonable searches and seizures of their persons or property.
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Pre-K may boost math scores even eight years later
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 1, 2021
It found that in fourth through seventh grade, graduates of the Georgia pre-k program were one and half to two times more likely to meet the state’s academic standards on math tests than their peers who did not attend public pre-K.
3 Things Educators and Edtech Suppliers Need to Talk About
Edsurge
MAY 1, 2024
Open rubrics from the 1EdTech community can help start the vetting process on data privacy , security , accessibility and generative AI , while CASE Network 2 helps to align those tools with academic standards. The ecosystem as a whole is making a major impact.
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Check for Copy and Paste
PlagiarismCheck
OCTOBER 13, 2023
It violates academic standards and can entail legal consequences. Educators, students, and content creators check the papers for originality to avoid plagiarism. What is wrong with plagiarism? Copying someone else’s work is unethical. How to check for copy and paste ?
Classworks® and Gwinnett County Public Schools Are Platinum 2022 Learning Impact Award Winners
eSchool News
JUNE 15, 2022
The platinum award-winning project features the partnership between Classworks and Gwinnett County to deliver a successful online summer learning program, powered by 1EdTech’s Competency and Academic Standards Exchange® (CASE®) framework.
It’s Time To Think Differently About Writing In The Classroom
TeachThought - Learn better.
MARCH 10, 2019
It’s Time To Think Differently About Writing In The Classroom by Terry Heick Among the biggest changes of modern academic standards is the shift in the burden of general literacy.
My Students Can’t Meet Academic Standards Because the School Model No Longer Fits Them
Edsurge
JANUARY 24, 2024
One morning, my students were getting ready for a math test and working through a set of review problems. For many of them, the biggest challenges weren’t the questions on the paper in front of them, but their ability to attend to it.
Approaching an Online Computer Science Degree: What You Need to Know
EdTech4Beginners
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Each institution provides unique strengths, from LU’s well-rounded approach to MIT’s rigorous academic standards. Look into renowned programs such as the LU Online Computer Science degree , MIT OpenCourseWare, Stanford Online, and Harvard Extension School.
A Classroom Of Proficiency: 6 Factors Of Academic Performance
TeachThought - Learn better.
MARCH 25, 2018
An academic classroom is one where the primary goal is to promote proficiency of academic standards. The class, curriculum, and instruction, by design, are built to move students in their academic proficiency. […]. A Classroom Of Proficiency: 6 Factors To Guide Your Teaching by Terry Heick First, a definition.
Empowering girls with STEM education to build tomorrow’s tech industry
eSchool News
APRIL 29, 2024
Consequently, students who face difficulties in meeting academic standards might find themselves lacking the requisite skills and knowledge to effectively pursue careers in IT. This can exacerbate the disparity between the demand for IT professionals and the available workforce, leading to potential economic repercussions.
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Why Learning Innovation Can’t Come From Teachers Alone
TeachThought - Learn better.
MAY 3, 2018
Why Learning Innovation Can’t Come From Teachers Alone by Terry Heick A few years ago, the late Grant Wiggins, a learning expert who inspired me since my first year in the classroom, wrote about the intersection of academic standards and creativity.
Teacher tricks: Grading & assessment
Neo LMS
APRIL 5, 2018
In addition, the federal government has made attempts to standardize the curriculum across US schools through the introduction of the Common Core, a set of “high-quality academic standards in mathematics and English language arts/literacy”.
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24 Things A Teacher Should Never Ask A Student To Do
TeachThought - Learn better.
OCTOBER 8, 2017
Meaningless work It’s fine to start with an academic standard, but standards aren’t meaningful to students. 24 Things A Teacher Should Never Ask A Student To Do by TeachThought Staff 1. Either make the work meaningful, or shelve it until you can. If you can’t, ask someone in our department, building, or PLN. If they […].
ThinkCERCA Raises $10.1 Million to Build Critical Thinkers, Readers and Writers
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
Each lesson, Murphy shares, will “break down academic standards around literacy into discrete subskills.” (For With the funding, ThinkCERCA plans to add 7,000 new interactive lessons to its platform, designed for educators in grades 3 to 12. For example, how do you create a claim and counterclaim?)
I Love Being a Teacher, But I Can’t Survive on Compassion
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
Most administrators were more concerned with meeting academic standards and metrics than offering holistic support to students who couldn’t meet these standards because of their personal challenges.
Here’s how teachers think SEL can truly help students
eSchool News
OCTOBER 31, 2018
Of the more than 1,000 people surveyed in McGraw-Hill Education’s 2018 Social and Emotional Learning Report , 96 percent of administrators, 93 percent of teachers, and 81 percent of parents overwhelmingly say SEL is as necessary as core academic subjects.
OPINION: How top charter schools became an ‘afterthought’ in one state
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
In 1993, Massachusetts enacted a bipartisan education reform law that gave schools a massive infusion of state money in return for high academic standards and accountability. Academic standards were the next to go. State SAT scores rose for 13 consecutive years.
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To Close the Math Achievement Gap, We Must Recognize What Students Bring to the Classroom
Edsurge
JUNE 9, 2023
As we think about the future of math classrooms, we continue to explore how academic standards and cultural, social and emotional development intersect to support learning mathematics. We look forward to a future that recognizes learners’ existing math knowledge as a starting point to think about new ideas and concepts.
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What an Admissions Fight at America’s ‘Best’ High School Says About Educational Equity
Edsurge
MAY 25, 2021
And last fall, the Fairfax County Public School Board proposed a radical change to the TJ admissions process: Scrapping the admissions test to replace it with a lottery of students who meet a minimum academic standard.
Turning ‘Google Maps for Education’ From Metaphor to Reality
Edsurge
JULY 14, 2018
The LTSC is also working on related standards for mobile learning platforms, adaptive instructional systems and augmented reality learning environments. Open Registry of K-12 Learning Standards State academic standards help define the learning objectives for U.S. K-12 learners.
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Adding a Computational Boost to Your K-8 Lessons
Digital Promise
APRIL 6, 2021
We also wanted to center each districts’ CS mission and vision and integrate the Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Computer Science and the KAS for Technology. A bit of Appalachian ingenuity.
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How Mississippi made some of the biggest leaps in national test scores
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 19, 2018
Mississippi created new academic standards that are more rigorous and better-aligned to national expectations for students. State officials say there were gaps in previous academic standards when compared to testing expectations.
How This Teacher’s Influence Reaches Beyond Any Classroom
EdNews Daily
SEPTEMBER 8, 2017
My interest was peaked because it was not often that I encountered students at the age of 10 that were able to meet these academic standards.” Smith states, “He could take American SAT vocabulary words and produce sentences that were phenomenal.
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LearnZillion, Lemann Foundation Partner on Curriculum in Brazil
Marketplace K-12
JUNE 2, 2017
LearnZillion, an American curriculum provider is working with the Lemann Foundation and a Brazilian platform called Nova Escola to provide lessons aligned to the academic standards of the South American country. The post LearnZillion, Lemann Foundation Partner on Curriculum in Brazil appeared first on Market Brief.
Arkansas Department of Education Names Curriculum Associates’ Magnetic Reading™ Foundations an Approved English Language Arts Foundational Skills Program for Grades K–2
eSchool News
MARCH 31, 2023
According to the DESE website, all HQIM—across subject areas and grade levels—are curriculum materials aligned to state academic standards that include evidence-based strategies, inclusive practices, and embedded support for teachers. Additionally, high-quality materials consider the needs and experiences of diverse learners.
Open Up Resources Takes A Digital Leap Through Kiddom Partnership
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Open Up Resources offers two of the highest-reviewed curriculum for middle-school math and K-5 English, according to EdReports, which evaluates textbooks for rigor, usability and alignment to academic standards. But a new partnership with a budding startup may help tip that scale toward digital. million in investment to date.
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Understanding concepts: What is digital citizenship?
Hapara
DECEMBER 4, 2023
✔️ K-12 lessons and courses will help your school make digital citizenship a priority in addition to academic standards. . ✔️ Tools such as Hāpara Highlights make it easy to support digital citizenship day to day in the classroom. Download the e-book The post Understanding concepts: What is digital citizenship?
It’s Time To Take Teacher Burnout Seriously. Here’s How.
Edsurge
JUNE 15, 2022
They live in a world where they are expected to uphold pre-pandemic academic standards, while managing widespread student disengagement, chronic mental health issues and increasingly dire societal issues spilling into the classroom. The bigger the gap between the two, the more exhausted, disempowered and cynical we become.
Mississippi’s Vicksburg Warren School District and Discovery Education Launch New Partnership
eSchool News
MAY 20, 2021
Discovery Education is the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms. .
Making the case for common K-12 standards
eSchool News
MARCH 13, 2017
In order to innovate in ways that anticipate and serve the needs of teachers and students, standards are applied to how OER is tagged, how tags support one another, and the editorial style that is imposed upon all metadata. One of the most common sets of structures are academic standards. The Value of Common Standards in OER.
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Council of the Great City Schools Presents Norfolk High School Graduate Ayana Askew with $10,000 Dr. Michael Casserly Legacy Scholarship for Educational Courage and Justice
eSchool News
JUNE 17, 2022
It is the special mission of America’s urban public schools to educate the nation’s most diverse student body to the highest academic standards and prepare them to contribute to our democracy and global community. About the Council of the Great City Schools.
Arizona’s Apache Junction Unified School District Supports Innovative Teaching and Learning with New EdTech Resources
eSchool News
APRIL 19, 2024
Following a careful review of available resources, the district selected Discovery Education’s Science Techbook for classroom use.
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Kids Don’t Always Believe in Climate Science. Are Schools Miseducating Them?
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
New Jersey recently adopted academic standards that intentionally place climate science in all the different sciences and also in a bunch of civics classes, because in addition to being a science issue, it’s more importantly a question of ‘What are we going to do about it?’ What would you say characterizes a “good” state?
Online Preschool Is Not Education for All
Edsurge
DECEMBER 31, 2018
In an education reform climate that has redefined education as academic standards and success on tests, online pre-K programs are an easy sell. The more recent emergence of online preschool programs opens the door for cyber education businesses to cash in on the estimated $70 billion per year “pre-K market.”
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Why the ‘Best’ Ideas in Education Technology and Reform Don’t Win
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Whatever you think of billions of dollars and countless hours invested in academic standards, regular testing and data-collection regimes, these efforts illustrate how dramatic change can happen when the interest of enough educational stakeholders are in sync.
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Council of the Great City Schools Selects Dr. Lily Wong Fillmore as the 2023 Recipient of the Dr. Michael Casserly Legacy Award for Educational Courage and Justice
eSchool News
MARCH 27, 2023
About CGCS It is the special mission of America’s urban public schools to educate the nation’s most diverse student body to the highest academic standards and prepare them to contribute to our democracy and global community. To learn more about Curriculum Associates, visit CurriculumAssociates.com.
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