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Embracing diversity in the classroom: Strategies for inclusive education

Hapara

When learners feel inadequate in comparison to peers, they may participate less and/or become increasingly isolated. The intentional use of edtech to promote inclusion Through education technology, schools and districts can promote an equitable learning environment that supports diverse populations during these volatile times.

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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

Edsurge

By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. Distance learning began March 23. In addition to causing learning gaps, absenteeism also has budget implications. percent (about 10,000 students) in the 2017-2018 school year, to 15.1

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Sir Ken Robinson: A Brief In Memoriam [guest post]

Dangerously Irrelevant

Like most of you that knew Sir Ken Robinson’s impact on education, I first learned about him through his wildly popular TED Talk in 2006. As Sir Ken says in the video above, perhaps the better comparison is not the factory as much as it is the monoculture-based industrial farm. . webinar archive]. Related Posts.

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How the New Compare & Connect K-12 Helps You Access Greater Bandwidth at Lower Costs

Education Superhighway

We are thrilled to announce that we’ve made three critical updates to this tool to provide a more seamless search experience and help districts identify the price comparisons that are most relevant to them. To make it even easier for districts to find actionable comparisons, the updated Compare & Connect K-12 has simplified map views.

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Celebrating Hour Of Code

The Web20Classroom

We learned about all the history of computing, the various parts of the computer and, my favorite part, learning BASIC to code flowers and move objects around the screen. I wish I had kept up with it and continued learning coding. Comparison of 50 Coding Tools -The list to end all lists. I had so much fun! Think again.

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Word Clouds Revisited! 35+ Activities, Web Tools & Apps

Teacher Reboot Camp

Word clouds make integrating technology to learn cost-efficient and easy. There are over 100 ways to learn and create with word clouds and highlight the vocabulary in texts, speeches, songs, articles, stories, and other writings. Don’t forget to check out my recent American TESOL webinar on Teaching with Word Clouds.

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National Study Shows Online Literacy Engagement Minimizes COVID Slide

eSchool News

The Successful Practices Network (SPN) and the Center for College and Career Readiness (CCCR) released these findings today, which are some of the very first published results using current data of students’ learning from Fall 2020. Recommendations to help educators accelerate learning are also included in the new study.

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