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Effective Intervention for Students with Dyslexia

EdNews Daily

Self Advocacy and Resources for Students. Spelling is a great reinforcement for students’ decoding skills, and discourse helps students understand the structures of different genres of texts and the internal structure of spoken and written language (e.g., cause-and-effect, problem/ solution structure, etc.),

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You Can Still Search Thinkfinity’s Digital Content Resources …. Learn How

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

STEM, 21st century learning, and technology integration, please sign up for 21centuryedtech by email or RSS. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. Change The Equation – At Change The Equation you will find that STEM is their business.

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Three Strategies for Advancing Antiracist Practices

MindShift

Joe’s conference really helped us center that schools can be liberatory spaces, but it definitely has been historically a space that has been violent towards kids,” said Nguyen Huynh, a teacher at DeJean Middle School in California. Students Seeing Themselves in STEM. Kendi and Dr. Ghol dy Muhammad.

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The SLIDE Study: A chat with Deb Kachel (Part 2)

NeverEndingSearch

They may say, “Well, we have a STEM lab and the teacher who’s in charge of that is teaching some elements relating to information usage, and digital citizenship, which, you know, traditionally school librarians may have done. Deb : Definitely.

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Transfer students start getting more of the credits they’ve already earned

The Hechinger Report

Its transfer-friendly strategy stems partly from the university’s history and culture; the stern, stiff-collared and mostly bearded countenances of its presidents staring down from portraits in the main administration building testify to its 1891 founding by a Christian denomination similar to the Quakers called the Church of the Brethren.

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8 Ed-tech organizations every teacher should know about

Neo LMS

I therefore thought that a definitive quick reference guide to the major players, with a brief description would be a handy resource for our readers. Focus: EdTech Access and Advocacy. Focus: STEM. Focus: Digital Learning Advocacy and Research. A veritable “alphabet soup”, as my Mom would say. I hope you agree.

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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

Though the state definition of proficiency is changing, for years proficiency was measured by how many students reached a passing, or “basic” score on the math and English portion of state tests.). Of the dozen or so school leaders interviewed for this article, not one had a definitive answer for why the projections were so inflated.