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Unlocking Literacy for All: How Clear Creek ISD Planned and Executed Instructional Change

Education Elements

Other research has shown that 95% of students are cognitively capable of reading proficiently , which indicates that lacking literacy isn’t the result of students’ capabilities; it’s the consequence of instruction failing to access and amplify students’ potential as readers and writers. The implications of this are serious.

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How Student Centered Learning Supports Learning Loss Recovery Efforts

Education Elements

Educational inequalities were also exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among students with limited access to financial, social, health, and technology resources, many of whom were already struggling academically before the pandemic.

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Narrowing the Focus when Selecting HQIM

Education Elements

When teachers don’t have access to strong materials, they search for them often online, leading to inconsistent quality and weak alignment to the standards. In fact, some have found that teachers spend 7-12 hours per week searching for and creating instructional resources.

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Why we love our PD tools

eSchool News

Originally we partnered with Education Elements to provide on-site personalized learning PD and consulting. During their sessions and ongoing support, we witnessed the specific tactics the Education Elements team uses to work together efficiently, so we asked for their guidance on how we could adopt these ways ourselves.

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Personalizing within the Curriculum: High Quality Instructional Materials as a Lever for Student-Centered Learning

Education Elements

Over the last 10 years, we have seen a significant shift in how educators access and leverage instructional materials to guide instruction. Though it took time, the current market for high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) is strong and presents states, districts, and educators with a different set of challenges.

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Coronavirus is poised to inflame inequality in schools

The Hechinger Report

Unequal internet access is just the tip of the iceberg of a massive equity crisis facing U.S. schools should coronavirus force education online. About 17 percent of adults access the internet from home through a smartphone only. But the fact is, these schools are rare. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter.

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Going Back to School to Learn About Blended Learning

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

Education Elements offers personalized learning consulting services and can help schools walk through the process. From the perspective of administrators, working with startups gives you direct access to the creators of the product who want and need help improving it.