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Empowered Readers: Technology That Can Re-Inspire Students’ Love of Reading

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The district is also known for having one of the largest dropout rates and one of the highest pupil-to-teacher ratios in the country. Casey's Four Top eBook Platforms for English Language Learners. Instead of creating lifelong readers, have I made reading a chore in an effort to bolster academic statistics? Capstone Interactive.

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The Digital Library’s Best-Kept Secret

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It wasn’t until three semesters into my degree, after spending $1,000 dollars merely renting my textbooks that I discovered my University’s ebook library. Babson’s recent report on OER adoption , awareness of OER is slowly but surely gaining traction at universities and colleges across the country. Open Textbooks. According to.

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How Differentiating Instruction Helps Students Connect to Learning

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As we got near each other, the young man literally grabbed and hugged me,” my colleague reported. I’ve spent 16 years serving on and chairing the board of the National Dropout Prevention Center (NDPC) and 25 years leading companies that serve schools and students of all kinds.