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Current Trends in Education

eSchool News

Here are strategies to stay informed about current trends in education for 2024: Professional Development: Engage in continuous professional development opportunities. Attend workshops, webinars, and conferences to learn about emerging trends, innovative teaching methods, and best practices.

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Your Syllabus to SXSW EDU 2019 (and Where to Find Us!)

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EdSurge Sessions In between hearty servings of Tex-Mex and meat, won’t you have time to stop by and meet? Where School Safety, Security, & Surveillance Meet Happy hour will have to wait, as we kick our sessions off with a sobering and important conversation that warrants your attention. Students’ Safety or Privacy?

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E-Counseling 2.0: Can a new wave of virtual guidance help?

The Hechinger Report

Abdi was at the top of her class, and Collins had worked with about 200 students like her in a new virtual advising program by College Possible , a nonprofit founded in 2000. College Possible is one of many college advocacy groups hoping that technology will jumpstart the slow growth of low-income students in higher education.

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Strategies for Culturally Responsive Teaching

edWeb.net

A critical topic for schools, communities, and most importantly, our students, is what teachers do in the classroom to nurture ALL students, create a sense of belonging, and keep educational standards high. She speaks both nationally and internationally about discipline reform, equity, student engagement, and many other topics.

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5 Radical Schooling Ideas For An Uncertain Fall And Beyond

MindShift

A national survey by the advocacy group ParentsTogether found big gaps by income in the ability to access emergency learning. “Never in the modern history of our education system has the importance of family engagement been more apparent,” says Alejandro Gibes de Gac, the founder of Springboard Collaborative.

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The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

The Hechinger Report

McIntosh asked, prompting students to draw lessons from the comic books in front of them. Related: Project-based learning boosts student engagement, understanding. The school’s most recent rating from the Arizona Department of Education is an F, due to below-average student growth and achievement.

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Teaching social studies in a polarized world

The Hechinger Report

But instead of strengthening social studies or helping more students engage with the subject, the focus in recent years has been on undermining or attacking it, he said. Social studies is sometimes seen as an afterthought, left out of daily instruction, he said.

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