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ThinkCERCA Raises $10.1 Million to Build Critical Thinkers, Readers and Writers

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This framework informs how ThinkCERCA designs its literacy instructional materials and lessons. Teachers can choose a lesson in the program, which guides students through a multi-step process to analyze the reading materials and write a response essay. That’s a mistake, she believes.

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

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In one recent survey by vaunted education publisher McGraw-Hill, 93 percent of teachers equated social-emotional learning with academic learning in terms of overall importance. Sixty-three percent said the use of video helped increase the relevancy and quality of instructional materials.

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

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A follow-up post will explore what’s changed (or not) on the supply side—both industry and investment. The State of the K-12 Sector The edtech boom of the past two decades promised efficacy and new instructional models. Many teachers instead experience it as “clutter.”