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Librarians at the Forefront of “Future Ready”

edWeb.net

Librarians are at the forefront of helping schools become “future ready.” The Alliance for Excellent Education (the Alliance) launched its Future Ready Schools (FRS) initiative in October 2014 with the aim of leveraging technology and connectivity to personalize and transform learning.

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9 Great Nonprofits to Support School Leaders

Tom Murray

The Alliance for Excellent Education (All4Ed) & Future Ready Schools (FRS). Connect: www.all4ed.org , @all4ed | www.futureready.org , @FutureReady. National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP). Connect: www.nassp.org , @NASSP. The Alliance also has run Digital Learning Day for the past five years.

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Education technology and the future of Higher Ed leadership

Neo LMS

To quote a study on Evolllution , “60 percent of respondents said technology has fundamentally changed post-secondary teaching and learning. Now, more than ever, higher education needs leadership that reflects its new avatar: leadership that’s not just future-ready, but future-forward.

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CAE and Otus Team Up to Provide Assessment Tool for K-12 Educators to Improve Student Outcomes

eSchool News

Educators can also identify students who are performing below expectations and add them to a personalized learning plan that supports their growth towards future readiness. The collaboration will provide Otus educators with a valuable new tool to measure their students’ future readiness and improve outcomes.

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CoderZ Names Tony Oran as Chief Executive Officer

eSchool News

“The company is revolutionizing the K-12 STEM and computer science landscape and its offerings are igniting students’ passion for STEM through robotics, coding and computer science while fostering future-ready college and career skills. The virtual experience inspires students to collaborate and develop life skills as they have fun.

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The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) Announces New Regional Directors

eSchool News

He had previously served as Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Education during which time he engaged with educators, administrators, parents and students, as well as business and industry leaders, higher education officials and others to guide the department’s work on issues that were important to the future of Pennsylvania.

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It’s 2018, not 1918. Basic skills are not enough.

Dangerously Irrelevant

“When we give them a diploma without ensuring that they have basic skills and they go to post-secondary education and they hit a brick wall – when they get into those English and math gateway courses, when they don’t have the necessary basic skills or preparation to get a job and take care of themselves,” he said.