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3 Things Educators and Edtech Suppliers Need to Talk About

Edsurge

The growing reliance on data and analytics to help build that ecosystem. Of course, following interoperability standards can help ensure the entire system works together and makes it faster, cheaper and easier to make future changes or additions to the ecosystem. The exploration of generative AI’s role in that ecosystem.

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The Next Social Contract for Public Education Needs New Terms of Service

Doug Levin

One of the great promises of the increased adoption and use of technology in public education is the availability of new tools to collect and analyze data about how best to meet the individual needs of students, support educators, and allocate scarce resources.

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Curriculum Associates Sponsors the Council of the Great City Schools’ Inaugural Dr. Michael Casserly Legacy Award for Educational Courage and Justice

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“His contributions have led to some of the most significant legislative actions and best practices in urban public schools, and he has earned a well-deserved national and international reputation as a thoughtful, committed, data-driven and bipartisan leader.”. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”. About Curriculum Associates.

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eSpark–Self-paced Learning for Math and Reading

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Receive weekly emails from eSpark to summarize that week’s class data including opportunities for targeted instruction, feedback, and accomplishments. You don’t have to search the internet for the right app and wonder if the one you picked really works. The teacher dashboard is clean and easy to understand.

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Looking to Ditch Traditional Grades? Here’s How to Get Stakeholders On Board

Edsurge

Throughout the year, Two Rivers holds four student-led, parent-teacher conferences. Heyck-Williams says these conferences help families understand the grading system, as students sit down with the data to discuss their strengths and weaknesses. Some people need that data.”. Now we want to prove it works.

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Big question for edtech: But how do we know what’s working?

The Hechinger Report

As more than 900 entrepreneurs and educators converge in San Francisco this week, some will talk academic standards, literacy and charter schools. That’s why after attending two major edtech conferences in a row ( SXSW.edu ) and ( ASU/GSV ), I’m heading straight for a panel entitled: “But How Do We Know What’s Working?’’.

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How to help principals do a better job? Train their bosses

The Hechinger Report

In a conference room on the sixth floor of a downtown Oakland office building, the superintendents met for their afternoon debrief session. Be careful of making assumptions because you might be missing important pieces of data.”. “Not just saying, ‘Because they were really good principals, they should be able to lead.’ Aquino nodded.