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Transitioning to a better solution: How one NJ district is switching to H?para for the benefit of all

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Newman has built several Workspaces for elementary students, including one for fourth graders that takes them through the daily life and job duties of a colonial Virginian. Our school has decided to go above and beyond and offer Google Meet for absent students to see what the teacher is teaching that day,” Duffett said. Request a demo.

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Create Google Slides comics to add some elements of fun to your lessons and enhance student engagement

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For example, in an elementary school English class, a teacher that is doing a narrative unit could have students study anchor texts in order to analyze literary elements, create a Google Slideshow with comics that teaches the major literary elements like plot, character, theme, etc. Sign up for a demo to learn why. Request a demo.

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Meet the 5 Education Technology Startups From Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Class

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Now in its 25th Demo Day, the Silicon Valley accelerator has created a machine for turning fledgling ideas into businesses that get investors salivating—and writing checks. YC Demo Day 1 has begun @ycombinator #ycdemoday pic.twitter.com/YOem8vP3oG. And neither is elementary-grade science. million in revenues this year and $1.5

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Understanding and Addressing the Surge of Chronic Absenteeism

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One thing that stands out is the percentage of elementary and middle school students who are chronically absent: around 20 percent. It is typical to see a larger number of high school students marked as chronically absent, but at the elementary and middle school levels, there has definitely been an increase since COVID.

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Transitioning to a better solution: How one NJ district is switching to H?para for the benefit of all

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Tabernacle Township School District’s 665 elementary and middle school students are one-to-one with devices. They’ve been able to manage these shifting sands and meet students’ divergent academic, social and emotional needs. Request a demo. para this year has helped Raleigh and other teachers at Tabernacle.

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NEO will be at ISTE 2017!

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The countdown has begun and we can hardly contain our enthusiasm at the thought of meeting once again so many beautiful people who, before anything else, are interested in how to leverage technology in order to do more for student learning. We can’t wait to meet you at ISTE 2017! Why are we so excited about ISTE, you may wonder?

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This Math Program Helped Students Blow State Test Scores Out of the Water

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As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw attitudes toward math bottom out in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Lalaine Perez Just a short drive away, Mónica Ruiz, principal at Chula Vista’s Montgomery Elementary, was facing her own math struggles.