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Renaissance Answers: Has There Really Been an Impact from COVID on Student Performance?

eSchool News

Although much data is yet to be collected—both school start and fall testing have been delayed in many states—some early trends have begun to emerge from the September data. Are there variances between schools in more rural areas and more urban areas? For more information, visit www.renaissance.com.

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5.3 Million Star Assessments Show the True Impact of the COVID Slide

eSchool News

To further document how students are performing in 2020–2021, Renaissance will follow up the How Kids Are Performing report with a series of updates on students after the typical winter and spring screening periods to help guide educators throughout this unprecedented academic year. For more information, visit www.renaissance.com.

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Here’s Why Teachers Adopt New Tech — and Why They Don’t

Edsurge

It’s unfortunate: There’s a ton of great technology available to support teachers and enhance the learning experience and—if investment trends in edtech are any indication—we’ll see even more innovation in the upcoming years. The problem isn’t product scarcity. It’s in product design and marketing. Will It Increase Engagement?

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

It’s a conduit for staying abreast of the latest educational trends, resources, and technologies. This could involve using differentiated instruction, incorporating multicultural education, or employing a range of assessment methods. Adaptive teachers, as Madda et al. 57, cited in Vaughn, 2015, p. Madda et al.,

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

eSchool News

What are the new trends in libraries? Why : Help foster independence, encourage student choice and decision-making, and offer differentiated instruction. These resources include digital archives, national library databases & collections, online databases of text, still images and audio, video and digital documents.

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60 Smarter Ways To Use Google Classroom

TeachThought - Learn better.

Encourage digital citizenship via peer-to-peer interaction that is documented. Aggregate and publish commonly-accessed websites to make sure everyone has same access, same documents, same links, and same information. Differentiate instruction through tiering, grouping, or Bloom’s spiraling.

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What lessons does special education hold for personalized learning?

The Hechinger Report

Personalized learning has, in recent years, become one of the most talked-about trends in education. Fueled by donations from Silicon Valley philanthropists, the instructional approach has spread to classrooms around the country and more than 40 states are exploring it in some form. It’s always evolving; it’s a very living document.”.