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Arizona’s Apache Junction Unified School District Supports Innovative Teaching and Learning with New EdTech Resources 

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Charlotte, NC — Arizona’s Apache Junction Unified School District (AJUSD) today announced a new collaboration with global edtech leader Discovery Education supporting innovative teaching and learning in the district. All AJUSD educators also enjoy access to the Discovery Educator Network.

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Mississippi’s Vicksburg Warren School District and Discovery Education Launch New Partnership

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SILVER SPRING, MD (Thursday, May 20, 2021) —Mississippi’s Vicksburg Warren School District (VWSD) today launched a new multiyear partnership with Discovery Education that helps educators connect current classroom instruction to students’ possible future career paths. said Superintendent Chad Shealy.

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Integrate OUR Curricula into Your Kiddom Digital Platform

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I’m a big believer in online web-based curricula that can be accessed from any browser, any digital device, any location. It makes learning organic, part of life rather than something that must happen from a certain book or room. To me, the growing popularity of web-based curricula is no surprise.

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Acceleration Is Better Than Focusing on Learning Loss. This Unique Summer School Shows Why.

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At the Institute for Teaching and Leading , a professional learning organization that I co-founded, many of our partner districts are focused less on deficits and more on active learning, which we call the asset-based mindset. Focus on gatekeeper standards. Santa Fe Public Schools Multi-dimensional project-based learning.

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Professional development should make teachers feel urgent, not small and isolated

eSchool News

Technology, collaboration, and new standards are changing the classroom at a rapid pace. Every teacher’s professional development must keep up. Like so many of us, I have been grateful throughout my life for the professionals I’ve needed to call upon for vital services and expert guidance. But we’re not there yet.

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Seeing the Pandemic as an Opportunity for Change

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Disconnection between teaching and learning: Teachers often confuse covering the material with teaching to the kids—if they teach to understanding, then the classroom becomes a different environment. They need to develop relationships with each student, learn about their individual situations, and help them as needed.

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Digitizing Curriculum Development: Think Efficiency

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Sharing Platforms – Ralyea notes that a major aspect of digitization is the ability to share standards-aligned resources with peers. That’s already happening with tools like Google Classroom. Will the system provide access to evidence-based resources? Do vendors use CASE? The goal of digitization overall?

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