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10 Companies Hiring Teachers Over the Summer

EdNews Daily

If you are a teacher looking for a summer gig, or unique ways to make extra money over your break, please find 10 companies hiring now. Assessors score candidate responses to portfolio or assessment center exercises and are trained to look for evidence of a candidate’s practice through the lens of the National Board standards.

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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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EdTech Company ChalkTalk Earns Funding to Help Shape The Future of Teaching

eSchool News

Florida Funders Invests In ChalkTalk, Personalized Learning Program for Real-Time Instruction, Designed to Shape The Future of Teaching & Training. ChalkTalk’s initial go-to-market focuses on the largest education sector, K-12, but can be adapted to higher ed, corporate training, and lifelong learning. TAMPA, Fla. About ChalkTalk.

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The Next Edtech IPO Might Be This London-Based Language Learning Company

Edsurge

Niesner claims the company is on track to hit $40 million in revenue in 2020. The company is still shy of the $100 million revenue threshold commonly associated with IPO-ready companies. The company reached 25 million users by 2012 and 55 million users three years later. Community members provide feedback on exercises.

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Buying an Office Projector: 5 Things to Consider 

ViewSonic Education

Lastly, for expansive spaces like auditoriums or training rooms, opt for a projector with 7,000 ANSI Lumens or higher. Fitness Center Companies are more aware of the benefit of physical exercise in promoting happiness by having a fitness center or yoga studio within the office building.

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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. A lot of times with education, we have to figure things out on our own,” she said.

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My School Learned The Hard Way That Edtech Saves Time, But It Can't Solve Human Problems

Edsurge

Teachers were burnt out, the national turnover rate was high and our school didn’t have the capacity to train staff to facilitate community-building circles and implement socio-emotional pedagogy. These companies have claimed to solve any number of problems a school faces. Need to foster relationships between students?

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