Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2024

Single subjects and rote tasks are easy to plan and assess, but quickly lose their appeal if you don’t connect with the narrow content or see being successful in school as the primary reason for learning. It’s clear that our current model doesn’t meet the needs of many of our students, and the number of those who struggle seems to be growing.

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Linways Technologies

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Setting up of accreditation systems and bodies at the national and international level to rank and recognize Universities and Institutions for meeting the minimum acceptable standards through inspection and assessment has taken top priority amongst the national policymakers as Education takes a center stage in today’s world.

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Academic Standards Education eBook Assessment 64

eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2021

Casserly, Executive Director of the Council, to select an educator pursuing a graduate-level education degree to receive a $10,000 scholarship. Curriculum Associates partnered with the Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS) to sponsor the first-ever Dr. Michael Casserly Legacy Award for Educational Courage and Justice.

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Common Core Academic Standards Education Instructional Materials 94

Hubbli

MARCH 29, 2023

Curriculum development and implementation are essential aspects of private school education. A well-designed curriculum can ensure that students receive a high-quality education that prepares them for college and beyond. Effective curriculum development and implementation are critical for private school education.

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Differentiated Instruction Academic Standards Outcomes Blended Learning 40

Digital Promise

JUNE 8, 2017

In a recent presentation to the League of Innovative Schools Assessment working group, Erin and Eric shared the Cortex platform and described the academic growth and progress they have seen among their students since the platform’s implementation. Personalization.

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Common Core Academic Standards Data Assessment 148

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

With his fine motor skills still developing, even holding a pencil was difficult for him, and he would anxiously watch his peers completing their worksheets well before our morning meeting. As educators, we cannot allow this to continue. Something had to change—just not with him.

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Meeting Academic Standards Classroom Assessment 218

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 25, 2019

I am excited about learning with thousands of other educators at this amazing conference. You will be involved in the opportunity to choose from 600+ learning opportunities that best meet your needs specific to your role in leading the digital transformation — with basic to advanced sessions in 5 program tracks. Administrator.

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Technology STEM Flipped Classroom Maker Movement 94

N2Y

MARCH 6, 2020

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. n2y was founded on the belief that everyone can learn.

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Accessibility How To Differentiated Instruction System 97

Edsurge

AUGUST 26, 2019

It explicitly acknowledges the importance of mindset and the fundamentally interpersonal project of education, in which knowledge is developed through a series of trusting relationships between teachers, students and peers.

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Learning Strategy Academic Standards Groups 167

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

Empower is hardly the only education company that has had to adapt its wares to support shifting trends in data interoperability. As standards come and go, edtech developers are tasked with supporting new technical integrations demanded by school and district customers. Students can upload and view their evidence of learning.

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Data LMS Company Education 110

Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2021

Here are five key take-aways they’ve learned so far on their quest: Designing with education equity in mind. The “Fate and Fortune” game used by Santa Fe embeds ten key standards that correlate most closely with Algebra I success. Aligning complex instruction to standards ensures accountability and readiness.

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Learning Strategy Academic Standards Professional Learning 215

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

I modeled my classroom after the classrooms in the high school I attended—rows of desks, the teacher at the front of the room, nightly homework, and regular assessments. Eight years later, I was back in high school again, this time as a math teacher.

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Academic Standards Training Course Assessment 149

Edsurge

MAY 18, 2019

Especially for education companies, it requires careful considerations around factors such as your company culture, infrastructure, processes, hiring procedures and customer interactions. Eastern and Central time zones, since that worked well for our meetings, sales operations and customer support times for schools.

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Company EdTech How To Meeting 132

eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2017

Education is changing, things are in flux, and there is uncertainty. In this ever-dynamic landscape, “common” standards for education seemingly get a bad rap, but they’re useful, particularly for the development and distribution of open education resources (OER). The Value of Common Standards in OER.

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OER Academic Standards Policies Common Core 74

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 26, 2019

Teachers monitor individual progress, see what each student completed on their last visit as well as when that was and how long it lasted, view students’ self-described moods, assess their pre- and post-quiz scores, and view their summative synthesis videos that provide evidence of their knowledge as they teach others what they just learned.

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Learning Chromebook Common Core iPad 172

Marketplace K-12

MAY 18, 2016

million for scoring 2015-16 assessments in Tennessee after the state terminated a contract in April with Measurement Inc. over glitches in implementing the test, the state department of education announced this week. Then, the company was unable to produce enough paper copies quickly enough to meet the state’s demands.

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Pearson Common Core Assessment Academic Standards 75

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Michelle McLaughlin said Michael’s education did not prepare him for college or career. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. Our son’s education was a waste. Higher Education.

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Education Strategy Report Training 111

eSpark

JANUARY 5, 2016

The goals of No Child Left Behind were the right goals: Making a promise to educate every child with an excellent teacher -- that’s the right thing to do, that’s the right goal. Higher standards are right. The president went on to add, "What hasn’t worked is denying teachers, schools, and states what they need to meet these goals.

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Policies Blended Learning Education EdTech 40

Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

While Google Classroom and its accompanying suite of tools is immensely popular in education -- especially at the secondary level -- Seesaw is a fast-growing and user-friendly digital platform for teachers to assign work, engage with students, and provide feedback, among other classroom activities. How can families use Seesaw? What is Seesaw?

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Google Android Video Accessibility 98

techlearning

OCTOBER 22, 2018

(October 22, 2018) - To fulfill its promise to provide collaborative solutions to educators, , the leading K-12 Education Intelligence Platform (EIP), announces that its suite of personalized learning solutions is IMS Global Standards certified. SchoolCity’s OpenSalt v1, Popcorn v0.1, and Suites v4.1, and 6+ have all earned.

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Academic Standards Learning Assessment Data 41

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

The state of New Hampshire has been gradually shifting toward competency-based education (CBE) for two decades. Two recent state initiatives are defining a set of non academic work habits that contribute to student success , and developing a statewide performance-based assessment system.

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Assessment Elementary System Academic Standards 79

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The model also helped students and educators weather the pandemic’s ups and downs more easily than other districts in the country. For years, Lindsay has experimented with competency-based education, a more personalized approach to education that involves letting kids learn on computers for at least part of the day.

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Online Learning How To Competency Based Learning Learning 132

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

It’s unfair these students – about 98,000 across the state with conditions ranging from dyslexia to severe cognitive impairments – are entering society unprepared, said former Kentucky Education Commissioner Gene Wilhoit, a longtime supporter of the Common Core standards. Reframing expectations. But we do.”.

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Common Core Education Tablets Academic Standards 53

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 6, 2016

At some point in your child’s education journey, you’re going to feel the need for tutoring. Students can now meet with private tutors, who are maybe from another country, through Skype, Google Hangouts, and other mobile communication applications. What subjects does their service cover?

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How To Company Digital Citizenship Academic Standards 150

Gradelink

MAY 13, 2021

These elements serve as progressive benchmarks that allow educators and families to communicate the intellectual and moral development of their students, and these are typically represented through a combination of scales and commentary. Traditional and Standards-Based Report Cards. GPAs can go higher than 4.0 Percentage.

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Report How To System Academic Standards 52

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2018

If you’ve ever wondered what goes on in an edtech company’s board meeting, or what keeps founders up at night, here was your chance to find out. Unruly Studios (Boston) revolutionizes learning by combining coding and STEM education with physical play. To date AT&T has made 27 investments.

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EdTech Company Outcomes Academic Standards 87

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 27, 2020

of Education, author of 12 books including the recent Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Danger to Our Public Schools; Cindy Cisneros , Vice President of Education Programs at the Committee for Economic Development at The Conference Board; and Gavin Dykes , from England, Managing Director of Cellcove, Ltd.

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Policies Academic Standards Company Assessment 36

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Carey Wright, state superintendent of education, says Jackson Public Schools’ failing score indicates low proficiency on state examinations. “There is no waiver for these scores,” Beaudoin said at an MDE board meeting this morning. Photo: Imani Khayyam. “We’re going to take care of our business.”

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Academic Standards Report Assessment System 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 9, 2015

Educators often wonder how they are going to meet all the demands of Common Core. One important point is that the standards require more depth and less breadth. Meeting these standards can be done by doing less, not more. Combine Assessment Prep Into Daily Learning. Use Power Standards. Less is more!

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Common Core Strategy Elementary Assessment 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

In the last decade, educators have focused on boosting literacy skills among low-income kids in the hope that all children will read well by third grade. During the last school year, only 40 percent of fourth-graders nationwide scored at a proficient level in a nationwide math assessment. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report.

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How To Common Core Elementary Report 83

Edsurge

APRIL 7, 2023

Does your school district or higher ed institution use a learning management system (LMS), digital curriculum resources, learning tools, assessment applications, a badging platform, a single-sign-on application launcher or a student information system? Now, this integration can take just a few minutes. You don’t have to be a member to attend.

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EdTech Student Data Privacy Academic Standards LMS 156

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

They tended to cite a combination of their own optimism coupled with pressure from state officials, who in turn were pressured to meet the federal educational goals set in No Child Left Behind. Educational consultant and former state board member Leslie Jacobs on why charters may have had difficulty reaching projected goals.

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Elementary Report Meeting Advocacy 67

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2016

In the midst of this year’s springtime testing period, an anonymous teacher revealed test questions from the still ongoing multiday PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) test taken by New Jersey students (including Esteves). Photo: provided by Claudia Pinheiro.

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Common Core Elementary Assessment Academic Standards 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2016

Students who meet English proficiency standards – and are therefore more likely to do well on the state’s exams – cease to be tracked as English learners. Some English learners may have had no formal education in their home countries; others in that category are U.S.-born born and raised.

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Common Core Data Elementary Groups 40

MindShift

JULY 9, 2018

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. In the last decade, educators have focused on boosting literacy skills among low-income kids in the hope that all children will read well by third grade. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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How To Common Core Elementary Survey 39

MindShift

APRIL 27, 2015

Carlsson-Paige is professor emerita of education at Lesley University and co-author of the study “Reading Instruction in Kindergarten: Little to Gain and Much to Lose,” which criticizes the Common Core standards for kindergarten. That pressure can mean more focus on academics, at the sacrifice of play time.

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Common Core Academic Standards Assessment Meeting 28

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

But to the BMO’s annual education industry conference, where company executives, investors, bankers and financiers of all stripes descended in their suits and slacks (but very few ties). In rooms on the upper floors were private meetings to wheel and deal. No, not to their wooden desks, blue books and plastic seats.

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