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I Worked for ESL Companies with Lousy Curriculums. Here’s What I Learned — And What You Should Look For.

Edsurge

Likewise, this trend took off in China and grew to be worth many billions of dollars, thanks to companies like VIPKid that eventually hired upward of 100,000 foreign educators—mostly Americans—to tutor millions of kids in China. Tutoring companies have since formed and grown all over the world, from Eastern Europe to Canada, from the U.S.

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Learning How to Blend Online and Offline Teaching

Edsurge

Whitney Kilgore, chief academic officer at iDesign, an online program management company that specializes in instructional design, told me that when students are doing the talking and deliberate in groups, solving problems and correcting each other, “it gives them the opportunity to perform as the teacher as well as the learner.”

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PROOF POINTS: Controversies within the science of reading

The Hechinger Report

Four meta-analyses conclude that it’s more effective to teach phonemic awareness with letters, not as an oral-only exercise. That’s the technical name for showing children how to break down words into their component letter sounds and then fuse the sounds together. Phonemic awareness has a complicated history. school districts.

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How to Work LESS and Become a More Effective Teacher – SULS0137

Shake Up Learning

The post How to Work LESS and Become a More Effective Teacher – SULS0137 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In the time that he took off from the classroom, Dan started an online company. How to Work LESS and Become a More Effective Teacher [interview with @DanJacksonTPD]. Listen to this article. .

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Why Teachers and Students Need to Learn about Their Brains in the Digital Age

EdNews Daily

When it comes to literacy, for example, Maryanne Wolfe, in a recent article in The Guardian , explained that “skim reading” is replacing deep, analytical, reflective reading. Betsy Hill is President of BrainWare Learning Company , a provider of cognitive literacy solutions. You can try this for yourself.

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Striking a Balance Between GPA and Grit With Ed Tech Integration

Ed Tech from the Ground Up

In a recent New York Times article critiquing grit in education, David Brooks writes, “Creative people are good at asking new questions, but the GPA rewards those who can answer other people’s questions.”. The inherent issue in forging this transition for any ed-tech company, however, is deep-seated. We learned the hard way.

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How to push past limiting beliefs to uncover what’s truly possible in your teaching

The Cornerstone for Teachers

This article is written by Truth for Teachers writer Jay Benedith. We may develop thoughts and assumptions that prevent us from cultivating and exercising full equity leadership. . Ask yourself, “Am I exercising curiosity or I am stubborn and stuck? Continue reading for suggestions on how to correct your course!

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