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University Scholars Plant Seeds In a New Field of Study: Early Childhood Policy

Edsurge

They’ve made 12 modules, four syllabi for upper-level bachelor’s or master’s courses, and several handbooks for guiding faculty and creating internship programs. It’s not only about the pedagogical experiences children have; it’s become a systems-oriented space.” They’re not stopping at resources, though.

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How I Helped Students Reclaim Pride for Their Black Hair With My Curriculum

Edsurge

Unfortunately, these crowns, as beautiful and diverse as they are, remain under scrutiny in our school systems. When I come across news reports or a research study that highlights the race-based discrimination that Black students experience in U.S. The issue is how the system regulates Black hair. The issue is not Black hair.

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How Automated Speech Recognition Could Change Studying Forever

Edsurge

Our system allows you to turn a classroom into a highly interactive experience on more than one level. But this system also gives teachers the ability to tune in to what’s really going on in their classrooms in real time. And it’s this service that makes it possible for our system to turn a classroom lecture into a study guide.

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What is Learning Sciences and Why Does It Matter?

Digital Promise

Studies learning activity systems (not just one component)—such systems that integrate materials, technologies, supports, teacher professional development, assessments, leadership engagement, and other elements required to change teaching and learning. The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences.

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A Bored Student Hacked His School’s Systems. Will the Edtech Industry Pay Attention?

Edsurge

This week on the podcast we’re talking about cybersecurity at schools—and how secure, or in some cases how vulnerable, the tech systems in school systems are these days. Essentially these are the computer systems that store grades and the student records of his school.

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Top 10 Ways to Give Back While at Home

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Research says that when students are engaged in service-learning, their immune system, heart rate and sense of well-being improves dramatically. Children are happiest when they feel a sense of purpose.

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Achieving Equity Through Systems, Strategies, and Educational Justice

edWeb.net

Systems, Strategies, and an Equity Framework. Three key elements then used for proceeding with equity work are systems leadership, strategic planning, and an equity framework. An equity framework, inventory, and handbook have been created to streamline and provide supports for culturally responsive systems change.

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