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Empowering Superintendents to Connect Technology and Learning

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In fact, many school technology plans fluctuated depending upon the latest fads and what someone learned at a conference and had little connection to curriculum or learning goals. Instead of isolated lessons, students learn how to connect their studies with real-world problems.

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Could Giving Parents Homework Help Students? Schools Try ‘Family Playlists’

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For the past 18 months, a pilot program in a South Bronx public school, called “Family Playlists,” developed by the New York-based nonprofit, PowerMyLearning , has used technology to increase families’ involvement in their students’ learning. That approach resonated well with PowerMyLearning, which Stock started in 1999.

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Essential Elements for Moving to a 1:1 Environment

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If it is, it is not going to be successful because your principals aren’t going to know how to support the teachers on a daily basis…you have to make sure that your principals know how to support and are part of the creation of that vision.”. She is a frequent presenter at state, national and international education conferences.

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Key Questions and Recommendations for Online Assessment

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Use Assessment Data Effectively: Leaders shouldn’t rely on teachers knowing how to use and share the data with students and families. She is a frequent presenter at state, national and international education conferences. She serves on the board of PowerMyLearning Los Angeles and on the advisory board of Project Tomorrow.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” “Lawsuits could lead to changes in the NCAA ’s concussion rules and threaten some athletic conferences, while broader questions about college football’s viability begin to emerge,” says Inside Higher Ed. “ How to Get Your Mind to Read ” – an op-ed by UVA’s Daniel Willingham.

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