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How Access to Technology Can Create Equity in Schools

Digital Promise

That means we shouldn’t just use edtech to replace worksheets, run “drill and kill” exercises, or crunch assessment performance numbers. Resources to help you use technology to increase equity in schools: Learn more about the Digital Learning Gap and how we’re working to close it.

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SEL: A Leadership Roundtable

techlearning

She always begins her meetings with a mindfulness exercise. The modeling is crucial for staff, and we use Second Step curriculum for students, which is an SEL program that helps transform schools into successful learning environments. We take a team approach, but our mindfulness initiative stems from the top.

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How to reach students without internet access at home? Schools get creative

The Hechinger Report

Several public libraries in the state are providing curbside delivery of books to support the initiative, with many schools and districts offering a free book pick-up service with the help of local literacy advocacy groups. Related: Evidence increases for reading on paper instead of screens. Credit: Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report.

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

eSchool News

For a new generation of educators, these pursuits have something in common: They’re all appropriate learning exercises that can take place in the school library. At the intersection of analog and digital learning opportunities, the value of school libraries has increased at all levels of education.