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BloomBoard Appoints New CEO, Restructures Focus Around Micro-Credentials

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Some of those teachers spend upwards of 150 hours every year on training sessions, workshops and conferences that sometimes resemble what many students experience in the classroom: listening to a lecture and taking notes. A landmark report from TNTP, a nonprofit organization, estimated that the 50 largest U.S.

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Profile of Asbury Park (NJ) Superintendent Sancha Gray

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This is no small feat, considering that she and now-NJ Commissioner of Education Lamont Repollet stepped into a struggling district with 75% of students reading below grade level (half of those being three-to-six grades below). We just want to provide that comprehensive and wraparound support for our students and their families.

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Meet Caliper, the Data Standard That May Help Us (Finally) Measure Edtech Efficacy

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In a different era where fewer online services and tools were available in schools, there was less digital activity to capture and therefore not as much need for data sharing. However, with the recent proliferation of Chromebooks and iPads into classrooms, there is more student activity in the classroom that has moved online.

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Teacher-Student Digital Communication Makes for Good Learning

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So explained Dr. Julie Evans, Chief Executive Officer of Project Tomorrow, in an edWebinar sponsored by Blackboard , examining findings from the program’s 2020 annual research project, Speak Up , for which 10,000 K-12 students nationwide shared their preferences and expectations for two-way communications with their teachers.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. Google and its partners have pitched Chromebooks as affordable, simple to use and manage, and rugged enough to survive student use. This past two weeks also saw seven (7!) If not, why not?

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition)

Doug Levin

The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. Google and its partners have pitched Chromebooks as affordable, simple to use and manage, and rugged enough to survive student use. This past two weeks also saw seven (7!) If not, why not?

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Wall Street Journal : “The federal government is pumping $245 million into the creation and expansion of public charter schools across the nation with hopes of helping students in low-income communities.” ” Via the Data Quality Campaign : “ Student Data Privacy Legislation : A Summary of 2016 State Legislation.”