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OPINION: How top charter schools became an ‘afterthought’ in one state

The Hechinger Report

The decline has accelerated, and results from the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) have pushed the state into the “learn-from-our-mistakes” category. Academic standards were the next to go. State-by-state NAEP comparisons are available in this Hechinger Report table.)

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Making the case for common K-12 standards

eSchool News

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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Big Tech Needs to Treat Our Children Better

Edsurge

I’m a believer in the merits of technology and have written about how technology can be used to broaden access to knowledge , connect people and even improve empathy. Technology is, in fact, already touching nearly every part of our public education system, from assessments to communication to professional learning.