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Education Leaders Propose Ways to Add Teacher Voice to Research Decisions

Edsurge

The groups also surveyed 510 educators about their views on research in the field today. Here’s what they’ve learned so far (note: these findings are preliminary and the survey remains open). Nearly 80 percent of those surveyed agree that educators should influence the topics covered in education research. Ahead of the D.C.

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What Motivates Maker Educators?

Edsurge

Here’s an interactive map that pinpoints where each survey respondent hails from. Based on interviews with nearly three dozen community leaders, along with a survey of 492 people in Maker Ed’s online educator network, researchers found that nearly half of the respondents worked in a K-12 setting.

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Study explores use of digital tools in out-of-school programs

The Hechinger Report

Historically, wealthier students have had greater access to enriching out-of-school experiences, compounding their privilege. The project surveyed almost 250 Chicago organizations offering about 1,000 programs that use digital media tools and technologies, which they defined as hardware, software and other digital tools and resources.

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Schools Say Highest Pressure from Students’ Social and Emotional Needs

EdNews Daily

New pre-released data from the Learning Counsel’s 2019 Survey indicates that 58 percent of schools now rate their highest pressure is their student’s social and emotional needs. Then a re-write of academic standards that had to be mapped to teaching and learning, constantly in revision. By LeiLani Cauthen.

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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. Yet these student growth gains are not reflected in most edtech implementations. In many cases, using computers frequently at school actually worsened performance.

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Not enough students have mentors, and we must change that

The Hechinger Report

The non-profit organization Mentor, which works to ensure that everyone “has the supportive relationships they need to grow and develop,” conducted a national survey in 2014 of youth aged 18 to 21 and found that one in three reported growing up without a mentor of any kind. Related: The new movie Night School passes my test.

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Where Are Quality Instructional Materials for English Language Learners?

MindShift

Research has shown that a majority of the educators who teach English-language learners (ELLs) are creating their own instructional materials — often with little oversight — that don’t necessarily match the student’s grade level or the rigor required by state academic standards.