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Ensuring Equity for English Learners (ELs)

Catlin Tucker

Therefore, it is essential to assess their language abilities and design instruction that meets their needs. This ensures they are exposed to grade-level academic content while developing their English language skills. ELs need instruction tailored to their language proficiency level.

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software. So, what can be done?

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13 Ways Education Could Change In The Next 13 Years

TeachThought - Learn better.

Ed note: 2 Pieces for Context– 30 Incredible Ways Technology Will Change Education by 2028 and Curriculum is More Important Than Learning Technology. The focus of that piece was technology, and how it might impact the way students learn in the coming decades. See also, “ Chloroforming the Unit.”).

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Understanding ESSA: How the Every Student Succeeds Act will Change U.S. Educational Policy

eSpark

Furthermore, No Child Left Behind’s one-size-fits-all method of evaluating schools has been criticized as incentivizing low academic standards. These harsh punishments lead some districts to “teach the test” and prioritize third party assessment scores over student engagement and learning. Blended Learning.

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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

The Hechinger Report

The role of technology. Lindsay’s ability to rapidly pivot to remote learning in spring 2020 was largely due to preexisting infrastructure. You can learn anywhere,” she said. But educators say that technology by itself isn’t what makes Lindsay’s model work. Credit: Courtesy Lindsay Unified School District. Does it work?

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McGraw-Hill Education Latest to Adopt Knovation Open Ed. Curated Content

Marketplace K-12

The digital resources in the Knovation repository—including videos, games, podcasts and articles—have been selected, evaluated, tagged and aligned to academic standards. By paying for a license to the collection, McGraw-Hill can decide what it wants to do with the curated content, how it will display and be delivered, Wilhelm said.

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What do at-risk students, English language learners and adult college students have in common?

The Hechinger Report

The New York Times has a new education supplement, called Learning, and The Hechinger Report is collaborating with the Times to produce Bulletin Board, a collection of noteworthy ideas and trends in education that will appear on page 2 of the section, which will come out four times a year. The April issue’s theme was “Nontraditional learning.”