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Meet NEO at FETC 2022!

Neo LMS

It’s safe to say that it’s still a critical issue and one that needs all of our attention, especially when it comes to choosing the best edtech to teach and engage students. Since edtech is always evolving, attending conferences is the perfect way to find amazing edtech solutions. FETC 2022 returns as an in-person event.

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Four Ways to Redefine Parent Teacher Conferences—With a Little Help from Ironman

Edsurge

As a former New York City high school teacher, I know that parent-teacher conferences seldom provide parents with enough time to process what their children learned, what they’re interested in, and what needs improvement. Talk about what's being learned, not what's missing. Here’s our wall of work.

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Does the future of schooling look like Candy Land?

The Hechinger Report

State leaders from Utah to Michigan to North Carolina are getting more involved in figuring out how to support the expansion of personalized, competency-based learning, she said, although it’s too early to decipher how much of the stimulus money flowing to school districts will go toward these efforts. What’s your strategy?’

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To Connect Classes to Careers, Consider Erasing Grade Levels

Edsurge

Three years ago, this began the transformation of Kankakee’s general education track into the College and Career Academy, which is 100 percent focused on using with PBL to prepare students for future jobs. With our new focus, we are one of 10 high school districts in Illinois that have started to move to competency-based learning.

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Project-Based Learning Is Just the Beginning

techlearning

Each grade has a designated career cluster they focus on, and as students move through the grades, they explore a wide variety of career opportunities. In addition, we are one of 10 high school districts in Illinois that has started to move to competency-based learning.

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Join Us for the Third Annual Global Leadership Summit - March 23rd, 2018 in Boston

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Paid registration is required [link] About the Summit In a time of increased cultural diversity, global connectivity, and polarization of perspectives, how can leaders in classrooms, schools, districts, and education policy arenas support students with the competencies to thrive in college, careers, and as citizens in diverse communities?

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How Improving Student Feedback and Teaching Data Science Restored Our Classroom Culture

Edsurge

Through the anger and frustration of their feedback, I could see what my students were really trying to tell me: they felt a distance and lack of support in my classroom, and it was unfair. I dug into the existing research about student engagement and realized that my challenge was actually that my students lacked agency over their learning.

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