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One Idea to Keep Teachers From Quitting — End the Teacher Time Crunch

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After somewhat predictable sections about low teacher pay and the need for better teacher-training pathways, the report includes a section on a topic so mundane it’s almost startling: “Demonstrate Respect and Value for Teacher Time.” on Teachers Pay Teachers,” a popular platform that educators use to buy educational materials from each other.

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Pearson Is Selling Its US K-12 Business—Despite Posting a Profit and Digital Growth

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portion of its K-12 business, which includes print and digital curriculum and instructional materials. But those moves may finally be bearing fruit, as the company reported a 2017 adjusted operating profit of £576 million (approximately US $804 million), one year after posting a $3.3 billion loss in 2016.

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?A Starter Kit for Instructional Designers

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A 2016 report funded by the Gates Foundation found that in the U.S. alone, there are 13,000 instructional designers. Instructional design is experiencing a renaissance. To be a good instructional designer, you should steep yourself in the research on learning and teaching. Surely a lot has changed!

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

Schools have relied on those funds for the creation or expansion of summer programs and tutoring services, the purchase of high-quality curriculum and instructional materials, and a plethora of other efforts to address learning gaps students experienced through the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Carolina Biological Supply Company Announces California Close to Adopting New School Science Teaching Materials

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The state is reviewing new science instructional materials for the first time in 12 years to help science teachers succeed in teaching students the latest standards. Many teachers have older books that were not written to the standards and therefore don’t cover the new content. have reported positive impact on their classes. “I

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Curation Situations: Let us count the ways

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When my colleagues and I wrote our Social Media Curation Library Technology Report for ALA, we struggled with a definition. K12 digital curation is about getting our users/students/teachers to the good stuff, pointing them to content and resources they might now discover with their intuitive strategies. What’s curation?

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65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

Schools have relied on those funds for the creation or expansion of summer programs and tutoring services, the purchase of high-quality curriculum and instructional materials, and a plethora of other efforts to address learning gaps students experienced through the COVID-19 pandemic.

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