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Kindergarten math is often too basic. Here’s why that’s a problem

The Hechinger Report

Four dots next to a printed number 6, for example, meant that students had to draw in two extra dots — an important precursor to learning addition. It’s what Sumner County Superintendent Scott Langford calls “high-quality” instructional material, with lessons that move students beyond simply counting objects like penguins.

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In 2024, education will build systems that champion the science of reading

eSchool News

Schools and districts The move toward aligning literacy instruction with the science of reading has largely been a grassroots movement without federal support. Publishers Publishers will continue to work toward aligning their instructional materials to the science of reading in 2024.

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What Does It Take to Put Inclusive Curriculum Legislation Into Practice?

Edsurge

But district leaders, administrators and teachers have incredible demands placed on them, which were exacerbated by the pandemic and while there are high-quality materials available, they’re not compiled. The working group also developed sample scope and sequences for both the elementary and secondary level. It is challenging.

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Savvas Learning Company Introduces the Newly Updated enVision Mathematics 2024

eSchool News

Flexible Teacher Support: Embedded teacher support and meaningful professional development are built right into the program, while new, ready-made instructional materials for each lesson make teacher preparation time quick and easy.

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

Edsurge

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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Is 2023 the year of the microschool?

eSchool News

The concept of microschooling gained traction throughout the 2010s, then saw a huge uptick in both interest and new examples during the pandemic. Some of the better-known examples of microschools include national name brands like the Acton Academy schools, Wildflower Schools , Prenda microschools and the Khan Lab School. Microschools.

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For two states, the digital transition requires an overhaul of the process

edWeb.net

Refocusing classrooms around up-and-coming digital materials requires more than just adding a new tech-based product or two as many processes for reviewing and purchasing instructional materials are still built around print textbooks. Pinellas County, for example, has a blended model working towards 1-to-1.