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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. A bit of Appalachian ingenuity. Understanding Data and Analysis.

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It’s Time To Take Teacher Burnout Seriously. Here’s How.

Edsurge

We’ve created award-winning high school programs , re-imagined college courses and leveraged technology to meet the ever-growing mental health needs that have been exasperated by the pandemic. Our work has centered on students—their mental health, their well-being and what it takes to help them thrive.

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Education Leaders Propose Ways to Add Teacher Voice to Research Decisions

Edsurge

The groups also surveyed 510 educators about their views on research in the field today. Here’s what they’ve learned so far (note: these findings are preliminary and the survey remains open). Nearly 80 percent of those surveyed agree that educators should influence the topics covered in education research. Ahead of the D.C.

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Study explores use of digital tools in out-of-school programs

The Hechinger Report

The Chicago Learning Exchange supports out-of-school programs that are trying to change that, particularly those using technology to offer innovative opportunities for kids in Chicago who historically haven’t had them. While digital technology has become ubiquitous in most communities, there is a hierarchy in how it is used for learning.

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Schools Say Highest Pressure from Students’ Social and Emotional Needs

EdNews Daily

New pre-released data from the Learning Counsel’s 2019 Survey indicates that 58 percent of schools now rate their highest pressure is their student’s social and emotional needs. Then a re-write of academic standards that had to be mapped to teaching and learning, constantly in revision. By LeiLani Cauthen.

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What Motivates Maker Educators?

Edsurge

Here’s an interactive map that pinpoints where each survey respondent hails from. Based on interviews with nearly three dozen community leaders, along with a survey of 492 people in Maker Ed’s online educator network, researchers found that nearly half of the respondents worked in a K-12 setting.

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We Know SEL Skills Are Important, So How the Heck Do We Measure Them?

Edsurge

more and more schools recognize the importance of SEL curriculums —and with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) now allowing schools to choose a non-academic accountability measure —the question is being raised: Do we need to measure these competencies, and if so, how the heck do we do it? LaRocca’s team use surveys provided by.

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