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Ensuring Equity for English Learners (ELs)

Catlin Tucker

ELs deserve access to the same content and curriculum as their peers. This ensures they are exposed to grade-level academic content while developing their English language skills. They may also struggle with the pace at which the information is presented since native English speakers may talk fast.

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3 Things Educators and Edtech Suppliers Need to Talk About

Edsurge

Is it accessible to all learners? Of course, following interoperability standards can help ensure the entire system works together and makes it faster, cheaper and easier to make future changes or additions to the ecosystem. How will the technology work with other tools? Does it align with the curriculum?

EdTech 166
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How to Make Standards Mastery Accessible to All

N2Y

Before many states adopted extended (accessible) educational standards for students with unique needs, we began developing differentiated materials to provide students with the ability to learn skills, demonstrate knowledge and raise the bar for educational expectations. Differentiation to ensure access and compliance.

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Understanding concepts: What is digital citizenship?

Hapara

For those students who are already in high school, it’s not too late to have conversations and teach them steps for evaluating online information. At the same time, schools need to respect learners by providing equitable access to devices and the internet. They also need strategies for safeguarding their personal information.

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

eSchool News

In this new phase of partnership, teachers and students in grades K-12 will receive access to a dynamic new digital resource that brings science instruction to life in ways that ignite student curiosity about the natural world and drive deeper engagement in learning. All AJUSD educators also enjoy access to the Discovery Educator Network.

EdTech 60
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Classworks® and Gwinnett County Public Schools Are Platinum 2022 Learning Impact Award Winners

eSchool News

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.

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?Expanding Access to Edtech Isn’t Enough. We Need to Make Sure It Works, Too

Edsurge

Students need access to tools that work. Five factors currently drive this demand for improving the quality and scalability of education technology: Higher academic standards nationwide. But today, the decisions educators make regarding the tools they use with students are based on hypothesis rather than solid evidence.

EdTech 60