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How to Use the Dual Capacity-Building Framework to Strengthen Family Empowerment

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5] This means that the framework is best used as a guideline for responding to individual school or district needs. Dual Capacity-Building Framework Outcomes: Strengthen Family Empowerment and Student Achievement. In particular, the Dual Capacity organization recognizes the following positive outcomes of this strategy:[13].

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

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Because of the lack of strong national guidance and support, some schools used their Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds to adopt a curriculum that purports to be the “science of reading.” If they do, I also predict that they will be rewarded progressive and worthwhile growth in student literacy outcomes.

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COVID Aid Gives Schools a Chance To Improve Digital Operations, but Time Is Running Out

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The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) was approved in three packages in 2020 and 2021. There are few official guidelines on how the ESSER funding can be used, which has led to questions about how the dollars are being spent and accounted for.

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How Differentiated Instruction Can Help You Reach Every Student in Class

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A study published by Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences found that students’ learning outcomes significantly improve when teachers use differentiated content that responds to a student’s learning preferences.[5] Guidelines to assist the implementation of differentiated learning activities in South African secondary schools.

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Using ESSER Funds Effectively for PBL and STEM: Advice From the Experts

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During the edLeader Panel, “ Utilizing ESSER Funding to Implement PBL + STEM Initiatives ,” a panel of educational peers engaged in a lively discussion about how to best invest funding from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) in high-impact project-based learning (PBL) and STEM initiatives across the nation.

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Data That Educators Need to Reopen Schools Isn’t Coming. So They’re Collecting It Themselves.

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Called the COVID-19 School Response Dashboard , it asks elementary and secondary schools and districts throughout the U.S. It’s a collaboration among an economics professor at Brown University, Qualtrics, the National Association of Elementary School Principals and the National Association of Secondary School Principals.

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Evaluating the Evaluators: How to Reduce Conflict of Interest in Higher-Ed Quality Assurance

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Conflicts of interest in the EQUIP program could negatively impact student outcomes. You don’t see any mention in the guidelines about who can be a QAE.” Horn says the same holds true for students: If they’re investing in education, they should be able to trust their program’s reported outcomes.