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OPINION: Jump in, the water is rising — it’s time to educate students for a sustainable future

The Hechinger Report

Teachers and students can learn by doing place-based projects together, all the while meeting and exceeding required academic standards in authentic and meaningful ways. They have social scientists, writers, artists, linguists, psychologists, athletes and health professionals, all accessible in the building or on Zoom, every day.

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards. This summer, in fact, we finished the two-year opt-in period for blended learning at the elementary level. We've rolled out other programs this way.

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Can Common Core reading tests ever be fair?

The Hechinger Report

Her favorite books are from “ The Magic Tree House ” series because, “I can imagine I’m in the places they’re talking about,” she says. Esteves, age 10, is a fourth-grader at Roberto Clemente Elementary School in Newark, N.J., Claudia Pinheiro, a fourth-grade teacher at Roberto Clemente Elementary School in Newark.

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This STEM-focused district hands out paychecks along with report cards

The Hechinger Report

A fourth-grader makes a puppet while his teammate works on writing a script at Mountain View Elementary School in Longmont, Colo. The model of paying students for work they do in school is unusual, said Suzie Boss, an advocate for project-based learning and the author of 10 books on the subject.

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

eSchool News

As librarians, our job is to not only give students and teachers access to resources they need to succeed, but to be their guide when choosing these resources. The modern library can also transcend the physical space, existing in a virtual realm without walls – one where students have the option to check out books anytime, anywhere.