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How to Fund School Safety Upgrades

EdTech Magazine

Schools are taking initiative to update their physical security systems for the modern era. For example, several states have adopted Alyssa’s Law, which requires public elementary and secondary schools to have a silent panic alarm that contacts local law enforcement in emergencies. In some cases, legislation has spurred the changes.

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How to Have Deeper Learning and Better Schools

The CoolCatTeacher

Professor Jal Mehta from the Harvard University School of Education has co-written an award-winning book “ In Search of Deeper Learning ” and reflects on how deeper learning can happen at the secondary level. Sponsor: Pear Deck.

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Steps That Administrators Can Take to Address Secondary Trauma Stress

Insight Education Group

Schools are realizing the very real presence of Secondary Trauma Stress (STS). Secondary Trauma Stress or compassion fatigue is defined by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network as the “emotional duress that results when an individual hears about the firsthand trauma experiences of another. Lighten the load for educators.

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How to Center Equity in Undergraduate Digital Learning

Digital Promise

Leaders might gather relevant data , such as logins on a learning management system, student interviews, course grades, and course retention data. We hope course participants walk away with four specific outcomes: A concrete plan and tools for measuring impact and equity in a post-secondary course transitioning to digital learning.

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

eSchool News

In the coming year, that broad trend will continue, with a shift to looking beyond knowledge building as schools, districts, and states begin improving capacity and creating systems aligned to the science of reading. No curriculum, however, is the science of reading, and I believe schools and districts are beginning to understand this.

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Systemic Change Means Rethinking College and Career Prep. We’ve Done It Before.

Edsurge

to invest heavily in its public education system, and to the passage of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 (NDEA). The only way to achieve another revolution in innovation is through complete transformation of our system As we write this, humanity is in the midst of multiple emergencies.

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What to do with all that graded work: A functional filing system for secondary teachers

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Over time, however, especially after the experience of participating in the 40 Hour Teacher Workweek , my wheels started turning about how I could apply Angela’s strategies to my own secondary classroom. For years I struggled with how to manage graded student work. That’s the whole system! Why this filing system works.