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Chicago Public Schools is monitoring students’ social media for ‘worrisome behavior’

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Chicago Public Schools is monitoring students’ social media posts for signs they might engage in violence on campus or harm themselves so that school staff — and in some cases police — can intervene. Chicago Public Schools piloted a similar social media monitoring program in the mid-2010s. newsletters.

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How digital tools and AI can enhance social studies

eSchool News

This article explores the significance of digital tools in social studies instruction, delving into their benefits, implications, and the emerging capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) in both elementary and secondary settings.

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These Colleges Are Betting That Culturally Relevant Textbooks Will Improve Student Outcomes

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Her experiences couldn’t be further away from the examples her elementary school books centered on?farming. With things like social media marketing, if you printed a book this year, it might not be relevant next year,” she says. As a little girl, I’m like, ‘I don't know what’s happening on the farm.’

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An Educator’s Podcast Aims to Be an Antidote to School Culture Wars

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But Futernick — a longtime educator who has served as an elementary school teacher, a teacher educator and a leader of a national school turnaround center — aims to keep the dialogues as civil and productive as possible. So there's an elementary school in Stockton, California. And he records the conversations.

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Blended Instruction vs Blended Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Schools continue to make investments in technology to engage students better, improve outcomes, and prepare all learners for the new world of work. Based on what I have seen during my work in schools and through the sharing on social media, the majority of what educators are calling blended learning is blended instruction.

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Much ado about NAEP

Dangerously Irrelevant

If middle and elementary school students are forced to repeat grades because they fall short of a standard anchored to NAEP proficient, vast numbers will repeat grades. Designating NAEP proficient as the achievement benchmark for accountability systems is certainly not cautious use. emphasis added].

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Virginia’s Portsmouth Public Schools Expands Partnership with Discovery Education to Bring Students in Grades 7-12 State-of-the-Art Digital Resources 

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A unique interface allows students to change what happens in the video and see how that change affects the outcome. The school system has 13,000 students enrolled throughout the city and approximately 2,100 staff members working each day. All PPS educators also have access to the Discovery Education Network.

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