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I Worked for ESL Companies with Lousy Curriculums. Here’s What I Learned — And What You Should Look For.

Edsurge

Likewise, this trend took off in China and grew to be worth many billions of dollars, thanks to companies like VIPKid that eventually hired upward of 100,000 foreign educators—mostly Americans—to tutor millions of kids in China. Tutoring companies have since formed and grown all over the world, from Eastern Europe to Canada, from the U.S.

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PROOF POINTS: Controversies within the science of reading

The Hechinger Report

Four meta-analyses conclude that it’s more effective to teach phonemic awareness with letters, not as an oral-only exercise. Researchers proved that these auditory skills could be taught and early studies showed that they could be taught as a purely oral exercise without letters. Phonemic awareness has a complicated history.

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School ed tech money mostly gets wasted. One state has a solution 

The Hechinger Report

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift At a training session this summer, Pitts, a teacher at Oakdale Elementary in Sandy, Utah, learned why: The program works best when teachers supervise kids rather than sending them off to do exercises on their own. Because of these requirements, some companies opt out of partnering, said Ames.

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Grill That Edtech Company With These 6 Questions Before Buying Anything

Edsurge

Companies should be able to demonstrate that the product team effectively integrated real-world experiences into developing systems that match with users' needs and capabilities. Otherwise great tools often fall victim to poor implementation and, as a result, poor outcomes. Ask providers whether typical users (e.g.

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The Path to Efficacy

A Principal's Reflections

The same can be said for teachers and administrators who can effectively implement ideas and strategies in ways that result in improved learner outcomes. It is then essential to determine specific outcomes, strategies, and measures & targets. Self-efficacy: The exercise of control. Freeman and Company. Bandura, A.

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Paper vs. Screens by Christine McDonnell, CEO at Codelicious

Teacher Reboot Camp

Students could visualize the outcome of binary code without sitting in front of a device. Unplugged activities introduce students to programming through exercises that can be done offline. For more mature students, educators can create connections with advanced concepts through role-playing, analogies, and other visual exercises.

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Paper vs. Screens by Christine McDonnell, CEO at Codelicious

Teacher Reboot Camp

Students could visualize the outcome of binary code without sitting in front of a device. Unplugged activities introduce students to programming through exercises that can be done offline. For more mature students, educators can create connections with advanced concepts through role-playing, analogies, and other visual exercises.

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