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Thank You Nintendo: Lessons learned that can help your strategic planning initiatives stick

Education Elements

As a product of the 90s I spent my late elementary school years like many of my contemporaries: playing Super Nintendo. I grew up with a large group of cousins and whenever we got together we approached video games as a group project.

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Why we love our PD tools

eSchool News

Video coaching with Edthena provides us with a sustainable and scalable professional development model. This year, we will use video as an informal look at the level of math conversations going on in their classrooms.”. Northwood Elementary School, Napa, Calif. But PD tools don’t have to be unproductive.

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Coronavirus is poised to inflame inequality in schools

The Hechinger Report

If entire K-12 districts move online, what can schools expect of early elementary schoolers? As Holland points out, successful remote learning experiences depend on teachers who know how to create and deliver engaging lessons online and students who have the digital literacy skills to access them.

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Communications Tips for School Leaders

Edsurge

At a minimum you want to consider school leaders, teachers, students and parents but there may be more audiences to think about or more ways to split them up (for example you might want different messages for your secondary vs elementary teachers). Find videos and visuals from other district to share when you are starting out.

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In the marketplace: Measuring student progress, new digital solutions, personalized learning, and more

eSchool News

LaunchPacks includes more than 1,600 current, trustworthy and highly relevant content sets, from American Folk Heroes to World War II, offering a full range of articles, images, videos and primary sources presented in an engaging interface and optimized for any size device.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

He spends a couple hours by himself, making snacks, doing his homework, and playing video games. Compared to white and affluent students, low-income and minority students have less access to nearly every type of educational benefit. The initiative is in place at elementary and middle schools in Middletown.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

He spends a couple hours by himself, making snacks, doing his homework, and playing video games. Compared to white and affluent students, low-income and minority students have less access to nearly every type of educational benefit. The initiative is in place at elementary and middle schools in Middletown.