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

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Due to COVID-19, most of our educational systems reflect a new normal, with hybrid and remote learning, increased use of technology, and teacher professional development. The positives were that we banded together as a system to try to fill in those gaps, whether it was training gaps, infrastructure, or device gaps.”. Approach to PD.

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Virginia district launches summer kindergarten readiness initiative

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It has helped millions of students worldwide to improve their reading and writing skills, master increasingly rigorous academic standards, and prepare for high-stakes assessments. “We Smarty Ants is a foundational literacy program for grades PreK-1 that teaches children how to read in an engaging, online environment.

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

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And at the helm of these spaces, school librarians must negotiate how best to support students with library resources, adapt to new technological advancements in education and pass on the fundamental tenets of digital and information literacy to students. As the U.S. But this simply isn’t true in the modern educational climate.

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A Common Language: 30 Public Education Terms Defined

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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.