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As states adopt science of reading, one group calls for better teacher training, curriculum

eSchool News

A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality finds that half of states don’t set specific standards telling teacher prep programs what future educators should know about teaching reading, and 28 states cede their authority over teacher prep programs to outside accrediting agencies with vague guidelines.

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States need to strengthen reading instruction policies

eSchool News

For more news on reading policy, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching page New data and analysis from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) show that while many states seek to improve literacy outcomes for students, they focus too little on a key component to strong implementation and sustainability: effective teachers.

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PROOF POINTS: ‘Right-to-read’ settlement spurred higher reading scores in California’s lowest performing schools, study finds

The Hechinger Report

The state initially agreed to give an extra $50 million to 75 elementary schools with the worst reading scores in the state to improve how they were teaching reading. However, before the courts resolved that legal question, the litigants settled the case in 2020. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift The settlement itself was noteworthy.

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K–12 Schools Work to Incorporate Computer Science into Curriculums

EdTech Magazine

The new guidelines encourage teachers to move beyond a lecture-style pedagogy to teach computer science, and instead find creative ways to show students how computational thinking can be used in vastly different ways across a wide spectrum of topics. Engage Students in Data Science Through Activities.

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Summer School May Offer Opportunity for Students — Just Not Yet in Person

Edsurge

And those that are planned aren’t taking place in person, according to a recent analysis from the Center for Reinventing Public Education, or CRPE. “A That approach might miss an opportunity for addressing learning loss caused by missed instruction during the switch to remote learning, according to the CRPE analysis.

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OPINION: Banning tech that will become a critical part of life is the wrong answer for education

The Hechinger Report

They’ve since vowed to provide educators with “resources and real-life examples” of how AI tools have been successfully implemented in schools to support a variety of tasks across the spectrum of planning, instruction and analysis.

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Design Thinking Process and UDL Planning Tool for STEM, STEAM, Maker Education

User Generated Education

Design thinking is an approach to learning that includes considering real-world problems, research, analysis, conceiving original ideas, lots of experimentation, and sometimes building things by hand. The UDL Guidelines provide a deep dive into each of the principles to checkpoints that provide resources, examples, and research.

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