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Open Up Resources Takes A Digital Leap Through Kiddom Partnership

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Open Up Resources offers two of the highest-reviewed curriculum for middle-school math and K-5 English, according to EdReports, which evaluates textbooks for rigor, usability and alignment to academic standards. The technologies are often purchased separately as well. Founded in 2013, the company has raised $21.5

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3 Tips for Easily Implementing Social-Emotional Learning – by John Gamba

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But amid a rush of new and emerging classroom solutions promising gains in student mental health and well-being, it’s becoming increasingly clear that not all K-12 SEL solutions are created equal. Yet just 22 percent said they felt “very prepared” to teach SEL in classrooms. 3 SEL Must be Easy to Integrate and Use with Instruction.

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

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A growing corps of entrepreneurs, supported by record-setting investments in education, are creating new technologies, experimenting with business models, and living their own bouts of euphoria and terror. This is a lot to ask of teachers, and it seems strange to allow the quality of instructional materials to depend on a teacher’s Google-fu.