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Turning ‘Google Maps for Education’ From Metaphor to Reality

Edsurge

This project maps across existing data standards, making it possible to translate data at all levels and sectors of education and training, such as the MedBiquitous standards for health care and HROpen for human resources. The IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC) plans to update its existing standards based on this work.

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#AskExcelinEd: What is CTE, and how can it serve students in your state?

ExcelinEd

ii) provides technical skill proficiency or a recognized postsecondary credential which may include an industry-recognized credential, a certificate, or an associate degree. As we continue our work with Burning Glass Technologies on Credentials Matter 2.0, Credentials Matter.

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Six Steps to Project Based Learning

eSpark

The new legislation urged districts to embrace project based instruction aligned to academic standards and 21st century skills. When conducting research around an essential question, students should utilize a variety of primary and secondary sources. 3) Authenticity. 4) Student Voice and Choice.

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In 2019, What’s REALLY the Definition of a Teacher?

EdNews Daily

Maybe, we need to look at educators in a new context of what teaching really is in most schools, and whether it should be given cultural, economic and technological change. Plus, Teachers are supposed to be maestros of all technologies and personalizing separate paths for every single one of their students.

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Can Individual Tests Really Measure Collaboration?

Edsurge

Testing for such skills relies heavily on technology and required a significant retooling. A Question on Testing When building the new tests, PLTW gathered panels of industry experts, educators and psychometricians, or scientists who study how to make tests fair. Their goal? Darling-Hammond says the format is rarely used outside the U.S,

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A Common Language: 30 Public Education Terms Defined

TeachThought - Learn better.

A State’s college- and career-ready standards must be either (1) standards that are common to a significant number of States; or (2) standards that are approved by a State network of institutions of higher education, which must certify that students who meet the standards will not need remedial course work at the post-secondary level.

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In one state, students are ditching classrooms for jobs

The Hechinger Report

New York’s Pathways in Technology Early College High Schools, or P-TECH schools, offer students a high school diploma and an associate’s degree upon completion of coursework. Utah launched a program in 2015 that uses work-based learning to teach high school students about the state’s aerospace industry. It was an eye-opening thing.”