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Carolina Certified Version of OpenSciEd for Middle School Receives All-Green Rating from EdReports

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BURLINGTON, NC – Leading school science supplier Carolina Biological Supply Company announced that its Certified Version of OpenSciEd for grades 6 to 8 received all-green ratings from non-profit EdReports. The review can definitely help take another burden off teachers and help them find high-quality materials for their classrooms.”

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Want to Help Schools Closed by COVID-19? Don’t Pitch Them Right Now.

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Among them are companies directly reaching out to teachers and administrators, offering to help ease that transition. Often, these pitches entail free or discounted software for products ranging from instructional materials to virtual conferencing tools. Still, she appreciates the sentiment from company officials. “I

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Generative Textbooks

Iterating Toward Openness

For example, my son who is studying cybersecurity recently told me prompted ChatGPT along these lines: ‘You are the hiring manager for a cybersecurity position at a large company. By definition, our lack of imagination is the only limit on our ability to use these tools in novel ways. Then ask me ten technical questions.

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Why the Pandemic Forces Administrators to Rethink Attendance — and Interoperability

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Seemingly overnight, educators, parents and edtech companies churned out crisis plans for remote instruction in hopes of carrying on, at the very least, until summer break. Districts need to know definitively if a student is unable to access learning resources so they can help them keep learning.”

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Curriculum Associates to Be Owned by Iowa State University--For Now

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When one of today’s hottest edtech companies was founded, Intel Corp., the kingpin of computer chip companies, was barely a year old, and the microprocessor had not yet been invented. pulled off another intriguing move: Creating a way to support a public university without losing its edge as a private company.

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Want to Boost Reading Scores? Build Silent Reading Stamina.

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Commonlit is a source for free, high-quality instructional materials designed to support literacy development (grades 3-12.). Remarkably, the Vermont-based company has been a leader in the field of literacy for nearly 100 years. Besides, adds Gehsmann, “reading is a wonderful source of pleasure and enjoyment.” Cue Reading Plus.

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OER: Some Questions and Answers

Iterating Toward Openness

A growing number of peer-reviewed studies and other research reports are demonstrating that when faculty who previously used commercial products as their core instructional materials replace them with OER, student learning either stays the same or increases. But who chooses the core instructional resources students will use?

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