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What an Admissions Fight at America’s ‘Best’ High School Says About Educational Equity

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And last fall, the Fairfax County Public School Board proposed a radical change to the TJ admissions process: Scrapping the admissions test to replace it with a lottery of students who meet a minimum academic standard. If you're thinking this is sounding a little like that podcast Nice White Parents , you're not wrong.

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Understanding concepts: What is digital citizenship?

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They also need to be aware of what type of images they can use in Google Slides or other presentations. Google offers games about protecting privacy, which is a fun way to start learners thinking about this topic. ✔️ K-12 lessons and courses will help your school make digital citizenship a priority in addition to academic standards.

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Adding a Computational Boost to Your K-8 Lessons

Digital Promise

We also wanted to center each districts’ CS mission and vision and integrate the Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Computer Science and the KAS for Technology. The teacher then adds all of the final questions to Google Forms and leads students in coming up with answers for each. A bit of Appalachian ingenuity.

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Mississippi’s Vicksburg Warren School District and Discovery Education Launch New Partnership

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Discovery Education is the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms. . These resources, sourced from trusted partners, are aligned to state and national standards, and help educators bring the outside world into teaching and learning every day.

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What is pedagogy? Understanding the foundations of effective teaching and learning

Hapara

In simple terms, pedagogy is how educators approach instruction and learning, use curriculum and plan to meet goals. Educators can do this through consistent formative feedback based on academic standards so learners can progress toward more complex activities.

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Teachers' Essential Guide to Seesaw

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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 do I set up my class in Seesaw?

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eSpark–Self-paced Learning for Math and Reading

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This can be incorporated into Google Classroom or another LMS that you use. This keeps students challenged with math and reading material that meets them where they are in their journey and progresses at their pace, slower for difficult material and faster for the skills they intuitively grasp. How to get started. Set up your class.

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