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

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Technology, collaboration, and new standards are changing the classroom at a rapid pace. The need for more practical and effective professional learning opportunities for teachers is especially important right now, with new academic standards being introduced and adapted in schools across the country. image via AP ].

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How to Build a High-Functioning Remote Team for Your Edtech Company

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districts, schools, teachers and students; literacy-related frameworks and academic standards; the competitive product landscape; target user and buyer personas (such as curriculum director or librarian); and pain points for school administrators, teachers and students. We covered topics such as number of U.S. We did semi-annual ones.)

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Twelve Years Later: What’s Really Changed in the K-12 Sector? (Part 1)

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A friend recently read a 2004 Harvard Business School case study of Wireless Generation’s work in Montgomery County, Maryland, and responded: “Thanks! As a case study, consider a typical district literacy initiative, which is anchored on one of the big basal reading programs. The intervention program aligns with the core.

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Where in the World Is Planet3? An Educational Gaming CEO Seeks His Second Act

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In a December 2016 letter by Clark County Superintendent Pat Skorkowsky to Kelly about the pilot program, Skorkowsky noted that students enjoyed lessons about data literacy from the product’s visualizations and about science from real-world case studies. Students also liked the avatar-based 3-D games. “I

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16 Books About Learning Every Teacher Should Read

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“The book centers on case studies that exemplify the challenges, pitfalls, and opportunities facing teachers in diverse classrooms. ” Yet he argues consistently for using many of the most controversial elements of schooling, including the widespread application of academic standards. ” 6.