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School Instructional Materials Market Takes Major Year-to-Date Hit in Sales

Marketplace K-12

The first seven months of 2020 were tough ones for PreK-12 publishers, according to an analysis by an industry group. The post School Instructional Materials Market Takes Major Year-to-Date Hit in Sales appeared first on Market Brief.

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Mentoring Minds - instructional materials to develop critical thinking skills

Educational Technology Guy

Mentoring Minds is an educational publishing company that develops K-12 instructional materials to help students develop critical thinking and problem solving skills. The company's main goal is to provide materials that help students increase their critical analysis and reasoning skills, along with problem solving skills.

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States Stepping Up Role in Reviewing Digital Resources, Analysis Finds

Marketplace K-12

Twenty one states today have a process for reviewing districts' choices of instructional materials, compared with just 14 two years ago, according to the State Educational Technology Directors Association. The post States Stepping Up Role in Reviewing Digital Resources, Analysis Finds appeared first on Market Brief.

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PROOF POINTS: Controversies within the science of reading

The Hechinger Report

A new meta-analysis confirms that the answer is no. The reading panel’s meta-analysis of 52 studies showed that phonemic awareness instruction was almost twice as effective when letters were presented along with the sounds. So it’s impossible to say from this meta-analysis exactly how much sound training students need.

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The power of AI in education: Enhancing instructional coaching for student success

eSchool News

AI in instructional coaching: Analyzing practices and breaking down conversations AI, and specifically generative AI tools, are revolutionizing instructional coaching by providing powerful insights and analysis into teaching practices. Moreover, AI is not limited to analyzing coaching conversations alone.

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Learning enters the metaverse with “Mission: Mars” Roblox experience

eSchool News

The Museum of Science is also home to EiE®, the award-winning PreK-8th grade curricula division that reaches over 2 million students per year across the country and world. Please go to mos.org/Roblox to learn more and here to access “Mission: Mars” directly on Roblox.

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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

They also conducted a cost-benefit analysis and determined that the $50 million literacy program created by the settlement was 13 times more effective than a typical dollar spent at schools. “I I wouldn’t call the results super large. It has not yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal, and may still be revised.

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