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Improving Student Outcomes Through Work-Based Learning Opportunities

edWeb.net

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast Work-based learning is providing a way for school and district leaders to increase the relevance and value of secondary education, while also offering opportunities for the practice and application of new skills in supportive environments.

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Zaner-Bloser Partners with Listenwise to Sell Its Listening Skills Platform

eSchool News

Zaner-Bloser, a publisher of early literacy resources, has entered into an agreement with ed-tech company Listenwise, an award-winning platform that brings podcasts to the classroom, to promote and sell its listening skills platform of the same name to the K-5 market. Very simply, students with stronger listening skills are better learners.

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Books to Africa and A Personal Transformation to a Global Educator

The CoolCatTeacher

Most definitely. Julie Hembree is definitely somebody you want to follow. Julie Hembree is a teacher-librarian at Cougar Ridge Elementary School near Seattle, WA. Prior to landing her librarian dream job, she was both a secondary and primary classroom teacher. Vicki: I love that! Julie: Yes! They love it. Julie: (laughs).

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The Makings (and Misgivings) of a Statewide Effort to Personalize Learning in Massachusetts

Edsurge

Formed in December 2016 by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MESE) and the. Kenneth Klau, Director of Digital Learning, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. You can personalize learning just fine without technology. Sometimes, it is just a distraction.

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6 Ways to Help Kids Learn Real-World Skills

The CoolCatTeacher

So we have courses, everything from the elementary level where it really intertwines how financial wellness and social-emotional skills are intertwined. Definitely. So I touched on it a little bit at the elementary level, but certainly important at all levels. Definitely. So I think it's very relevant to students today.

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Market for Social-Emotional Learning Underdeveloped, Report Says

Marketplace K-12

The notion of social-emotional learning, which often overlaps with such ideas as “noncognitive skills” and character development, does not yet have a consensus definition, although many in the field follow the model outlined by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning.

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Digital Design Principles for English Language Learners

Fractus Learning

Almost 5 million students were enrolled as English learners in US public elementary and secondary school during the 2013/14 school year—that’s almost 10% of the total student population. Many companies are responding to this growing population by adding ELL support to an existing product.

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