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The SLIDE Study: A chat with Deb Kachel (Part 2)

NeverEndingSearch

The study emphasizes a critical equity issue: our most vulnerable students are those most impacted by a declining numbers of school librarians. I recently chatted with project director, Deb Kachel to dig a little deeper into what the study means and her hopes for its impact and use. or SLIDE research project. It was never documented.

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Tutor.com’s On-Demand Tutoring Meets ESSA II Standards, Demonstrating Positive Impacts on Student Grades and Attendance

eSchool News

The findings come from an effectiveness study independently designed and conducted by LearnPlatform by Instructure, a third-party edtech research company. The study showed positive outcomes from on-demand tutoring, a service Tutor.com has delivered for more than two decades. Additional details can be found in the study.)

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Empatico: A Breakthrough Way to Promote Empathy (And It’s Free)

The CoolCatTeacher

Creating Positive Experiences to Promote Diversity and Acceptance First, I found this heartwarming Facebook post by Wendy Turner , 2017 Delaware Teacher of the Year. A comparison of majority-race children with and without a minority-race friend. A comparison of majority-race children with and without a minority-race friend.

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Scientists and social media: an important new study

Bryan Alexander

Pew has a new study , based on surveying nearly 4,000 scientists, and the results are important for higher education and technology. The long version: there are many observations about science and communication in the study as a whole, but I’ll focus here just on implications for education. Pew researchers presenting to AAAS.

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Welcome to Social Studies: a "Sphere" of Language Development

SpeechTechie

As a companion to my column for the ASHA Leader App-Titude series, "Welcome to Science Class, " this series explores how technology can serve as a context for teaching "language underpinnings" related to the social studies curriculum. The app does require a sign-in; you can use a Google or Facebook account. I''ll check in when I can!

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What Students Are Actually Doing Online

Securly

This of course varies by age group: we found that younger teens (aged 13-15) spend the most time in front of their screens in comparison to other age groups. Facebook is the most visited social media network, used even by children younger than the age restriction. SOCIAL MEDIA. SCHOOLWORK.

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SLIDE: data, interactive tools, and an equity wake-up call (Part 1)

NeverEndingSearch

Interactive digital tools will allow us to easily make comparisons. The study is led by project director Debra E. Over the next year, the study’s qualitative phase begins. Learn more about the SLIDE study: SLIDE Project. On Facebook and Twitter. Poster rom Kachel, Debra E., and Keith Curry Lance.

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