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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. . Discovery Education currently serves approximately 4.5 million educators and 45 million students worldwide, and its resources are accessed in over 140 countries and territories.

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Acceleration Is Better Than Focusing on Learning Loss. This Unique Summer School Shows Why.

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In the state of New Mexico, where 81 percent of students tested below proficiency on the 2019 Algebra I statewide Transition Assessment , programs like this one can be a game-changer in preparing students for Algebra I and shifting historically low outcomes. Santa Fe Public Schools Multi-dimensional project-based learning.

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What Motivates Maker Educators?

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According to the report, many maker educators believe “making can help students develop real-world skills” such as creativity, problem-solving acumen, critical thinking and perseverance, along with “dispositions associated with positive work and life outcomes.” Here’s an interactive map that pinpoints where each survey respondent hails from.

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Tomorrow’s New Normal: What It Means for Professional Development

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Katie Hansen, Staff Development Specialist for Phoenix Union High School District, said her district was not in a 1:1 space, so it was essential to build capacity and understand the tools available to everybody and think about how they should drive those learning outcomes. Positive Outcomes.

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#EIE19: Distinguished Panel to Reflect on Lasting Impact of Brown v. Board Decision

ExcelinEd

Policymakers need to endorse and support policy solutions that are sincerely aimed at high expectations, opportunities and outcomes for black children. We must establish clear, high and common academic standards in the classroom. Communities need to invest in high-quality early childhood education programs.

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Behind Closed Doors: Edtech Entrepreneurs’ Biggest Challenges in 2018

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Unruly Studios (Boston) revolutionizes learning by combining coding and STEM education with physical play. In other words, companies need to narrow down on the number of strategic goals on which they focus—and equally important, measure outcomes. If you focus on both, both are slowed down,” Speakaboos’ Jay Rappoport counseled.

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We Asked Teachers What They Want From Edtech. Here’s What They Said.

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If we want technology to finally transform education and teach the 21st century skills our students need to succeed, we need to design tools with the understanding that teachers are activators of learning and the secret to achieving better student outcomes.

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