Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Before we usher in a new decade and bid adieu to 2019, here’s a look back at the most popular EdSurge higher education stories of the year. The Varsity Blues admissions scandal made headlines here and elsewhere for months, and indeed, our story about the ringleader’s international intrigues registered as one of our most-read pieces of 2019. But our readers also showed deep interest in less sensational stories, too.

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MiddleWeb

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Cultural constructs and limited school resources can impact our ability to discover gifted and talented English learners. Despite these barriers, determined teachers can help close the EL representation gap in gifted programs. Specialist Valentina Gonzalez offers her ideas.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Here at EdSurge, we’ve had a busy year—and so have our readers. From a readership perspective, it was our most popular year to date. At the top of the heap were many stories focusing on research and evidence-based practices. (As ever, neuroscience was an enduring favorite.) The following stories offer a glimpse into how teachers, school leaders and researchers are using what we know about how people learn to improve schools and student outcomes that go beyond test scores, such as suspension rate

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Now that online games have become so popular among K-12 students, school and district administrators can use gamification techniques to create a positive school climate and encourage positive behavior by individual students who have differing needs. Shawn Young, co-founder and CEO of Classcraft, explained during a recent edWebinar how gamification techniques can be combined with research-based approaches such as Response to Intervention (RTI), to create engaging and systematic Positive Behavior

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. Marie Cini is the president of the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning. Her academic career spans more than 25 years, and she has extensive experience as a C-level academic administrator in universities that predominantly serve adults. Stay tuned for other reflections in the coming weeks.

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techlearning

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Students today are coming to school with more trauma, more fears, more anxiety, and generally more needs than ever before.

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techlearning

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Below is a list of free web tools and apps to quickly assess your students on a regular basis.

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MiddleWeb

DECEMBER 26, 2019

We asked Google Analytics to find the 10 most-read posts published at MiddleWeb during 2019. We love the variety and the solid advice. Every contributor has been a successful classroom teacher who loves to collaborate with colleagues. Here they are, in no particular order.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 26, 2019

In each episode of the Inside Our MIND podcast, we take a look at issues and challenges facing education that we are working to address through research, technology, and strategic initiatives. In our latest episode, Brian welcomes EVP and Executive Director of Social Impact, Karin Wu , back to the show. We start off discussing Karin's recent feature in STEMConnector’s Million Women Mentors: Leaders to Learn From series.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 26, 2019

[ Editor’s note : This story, originally published on February 25th of this year, was our #4 most popular story of the year. Happy holidays, and thank you for tuning into our 2019 countdown!]. Student behavior can have a positive or negative impact on academic achievement. Even just one student who is misbehaving can affect how much and how well an entire class is learning.

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The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Prodigy

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Prodigy is a one-stop educational platform to make math learning easy, efficient and engaging. If you haven’t gotten a chance to read about Prodigy and how it benefits schools, check out: Teach Math With Prodigy: Effective & Interactive Math Learning. Over a million teachers across the world trust and use Prodigy in their classroom to […].

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Marketplace K-12

DECEMBER 26, 2019

In K-12 dealmaking news, Pearson's first investments from its venture capital arm have been announced. A Nashville-based startup that provides parent feedback to schools raises $1 million, and a Mumbai-based ed-tech startup raises $28 million from angel investors. The post K-12 Dealmaking: Pearson Ventures Makes First Investments; Company That Puts Curricula Into Games Raises $28 Million; Possip Gets $1 Million appeared first on Market Brief.

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