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How Teaching Should Change, According to a Nobel-Prize-Winning Physicist

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I just could make a bigger difference in education,” he says. Education research wasn’t new to Wieman, who these days is an emeritus professor of physics and of education at Stanford University. But with the fame brought by the Nobel, he hoped to raise the profile of educational research.

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Giving Students Flexibility With Competency-Based Education

Digital Promise

Asante Johnson is a technology integration coach and STEM teacher at District of Columbia Public Schools ’ Wheatley Education Campus. Last month, Johnson joined a handful of educators from the League of Innovative Schools on a tour of three public school districts in New Hampshire, a leader in competency-based education.

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The Sound of Inclusion: Why Teachers’ Words Matter

Digital Promise

No student (or teacher) leaves their language patterns at the door when they enter a classroom – even classes like math and science, where language is often seen as secondary. How can educators make sure that teaching and learning in their diverse classrooms is effective and equitable? As the U.S. As the U.S.

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District leaders: Act now to avoid financial disasters after COVID relief funding ends

eSchool News

In 2020 and 2021, Congress passed the CARES and ARP Acts, which created and added to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Program ( ESSER ). Department of Education in recent years. Given the looming ESSER fiscal cliff, this means districts may have to make difficult decisions regarding what they can afford.

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How one district has diversified its advanced math classes — without the controversy

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Anti-teacher sentiment, on top of Oklahoma’s low teacher salaries , have made it difficult to hire math educators, administrators here say. Recently, principals and veteran math educators have persuaded some former students to join Union’s teaching ranks. But the district remains committed to its changes.

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With Budget Cuts Looming, Here’s How Districts Will Decide What to Keep or Cut

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The federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, for example, limits the use of school-improvement funds to interventions that benefit student learning as documented by at least one well-designed and well-implemented research study. But that’s likely to change when budgets get tight.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. This begs the question: What’s next for education? What are the projections for edtech?

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