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Competency-Based Learning Puts Students at the Center. It’s Perfect for Now.

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But even with that assistance, families reported lack of adequate resources; my student Ismail’s family was issued only one device for seven siblings to share. During the past three years, our team navigated schedules, course credits and standards as an outlier program in a traditional system. He didn’t learn that from me.

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Newark Public Schools Expands Use of Lexia Core5 and PowerUp to All of its Elementary Schools

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The district’s purchase also includes Lexia Academy, the company’s eLearning platform offering on-demand professional learning courses. The academy gives the district’s educators access to “anytime, anywhere” support that helps them develop best practices for meaningful instruction when using Lexia products. About Lexia Learning.

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The Actual Dollars That Will Shape the New K-12 Investment Ecosystem

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It’s that most conversations about a school’s expenses don’t sync up to what’s happening in the classroom—the instruction, materials, and tools that shape the educational experience for teachers and students. The data are now being gathered and they need to be ready for publication on the 2019-2020 state and district report cards.

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Broadband Provides More Equitable Access to Education and Workforce Preparation

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Moving forward, Marc and his team will be facilitating schools’ implementation of 1-to-1 device initiatives, and the introduction of more 21 st century digital courses, which districts can then make their own through a process he calls “curriculum adaptation” rather than curriculum adoption.

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?A Starter Kit for Instructional Designers

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A 2016 report funded by the Gates Foundation found that in the U.S. alone, there are 13,000 instructional designers. Instructional design is experiencing a renaissance. As online course platforms proliferate, institutions of all shapes and sizes realize that they’ll need to translate content into digital forms.

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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

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“Next year, many traditional education strategies will fade away as educators help students recover from the pandemic’s impact, especially with harder-hit groups like students who learn and think differently. Reporting dashboards should become more student-focused. Jeff Rubenstein, VP Product Strategy, Kaltura.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

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Elizabeth Bassford, Vice President of Content & Implementation, Curriculum Associates As the multidisciplinary nature of astronomy is recognized, schools should look to expand curriculums with more astronomy-focused courses in 2024. The growing space industry requires a diverse workforce beyond the conventional role of engineering.

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