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4 ways to support work-based learning

eSchool News

A proven strategy, worked-based learning connects classroom lessons to the workplace, enhancing lessons with real-world relevance. A high-quality program can be complicated to craft because it requires schools to collaborate closely with local industries to develop innovative learning opportunities for students.

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3 strategies to support inclusive learning

eSchool News

The IDEA act also guarantees that students with disabilities have the right to engage in the Least Restrictive Learning Environment (LRE) that best meets their individual needs. The LRE ensures that students under IDEA are offered equitable access to education alongside their non-disabled peers.

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Today’s Innovations are Tomorrow’s Practices: Adapting Learning to Meet Students

Digital Promise

When COVID closed the door on in-person schooling in spring 2020, one of the biggest concerns for school districts was how to address the needs of students who experience cognitive learning challenges and/or physical disabilities. As a sector, we have been espousing and advocating for student agency and personalized learning for years.

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5 edtech opportunities that will emerge in 2022

eSchool News

There are significant positives about how we as a society have learned to deal with COVID. The problems we’ve experienced educating students who are learning at home, either full time or in a part time model, spotlight needed improvements (particularly with equity of access) and spark new ways of thinking. .

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How a Middle School Library Promotes Maker Learning for All Students

Digital Promise

The Digital Promise maker learning team spent some time in Greer, South Carolina this winter observing and filming the Riverside Middle School Library Club students as they worked to design solutions to problems they identified in their community. We are excited to share their story as the second in our series of Maker Promise videos.

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Building a Shared Vision Part 3: How Will We Get There?

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The process enters its final phase with reflecting on your vision of where you’d like students to live, work, and learn, then asking your participants to return to “today” and think “Let’s all get to work …” Without a plan, the vision created in the futuring phase will remain at best a dream. Self assessment.

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SLIDE: data, interactive tools, and an equity wake-up call (Part 1)

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Kachel of Antioch and principal investigator Keith Curry Lance of the RSL Research Group. Connecticut—the only state in this group outside the South—rounds out the top 10 states on this ratio. Learn more about the SLIDE study: SLIDE Project. Data Speaks: Addressing Equity of Access to School Librarians for Students.

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