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COLUMN: Helping middle schoolers think about a future beyond the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Liz Willen/The Hechinger Report. We made a conscious decision to make the sixth-grade experience one where we expose children to everything,” said Rick Doss, the district’s director of secondary education. A recent report found Indiana’s rates at their lowest in recent history. On the day I visited Northview, K.C.

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The Awkward Truth About ‘Free College’—It Isn’t Truly Free

Edsurge

With the movement for no-tuition community college gaining momentum in more states and earning top billing in President Biden’s education agenda , experts in college access and affordability advise caution about using that potent four-letter word: f-r-e-e. Shanna Jackson Those expenses can be big barriers to graduation.

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How technology can amplify the effects of good teaching

Education Superhighway

As the Director of Digital Learning at the Massachusetts Elementary and Secondary Education office, Ken Klau is focused on the strategy for rethinking the structure and delivery of learning, building a more student-centered system of public education, and creating the next generation of K–12 learning environments. Technology is not a panacea.

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8 Ways to Help New Teachers Thrive (and Veteran Teachers Too!)

The CoolCatTeacher

K., & Bruegmann, E. The Learning Policy Institute says in their 2016 study, Well-designed mentoring programs improve retention rates for new teachers, as well as their attitudes, feelings of efficacy, and instructional skills.(32) Postsecondary education descriptive analysis report. Report on new teacher induction.

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Isn’t it time to stop Wikipedia shaming?

NeverEndingSearch

And, personally, I think that Wikipedia kind of gets downed a little bit, but I know that most colleges don’t, and I don’t think my teacher would enjoy that, so I would not use Wikipedia in my report. Look for editorial ratings. I wouldn’t use Wikipedia just because I know it’s not scholarly. Look for text revisions.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. National data show that almost 70 percent of eighth graders are not considered proficient in reading based on 2022 test scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as The Nation’s Report Card.

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Ed Tech News, a New Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The recordings of recent FutureofEducation.com shows are posted: David Loertscher on Library 2.0 , Gina Bianchini on Mightybell , Tim Wilson on Redirect , Peter Cookson on a Children''s Education Bill of Rights , and an iPads in the Classroom report. The bill will be a massive revisions to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

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