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Turn the Page: Looking Beyond the Textbook for Culturally-Responsive Curriculum

Edsurge

We must conduct critical analyses of our instructional materials to identify bias, ensure representation, and embed responsive practices. Inquiry-based learning, project-based learning, and other deeper learning instructional approaches promote these aspects of student agency, and we should embrace their methods in our curriculum.

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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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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.

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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. And we also were not looking at bringing in technology in any type of meaningful way.”

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Is 2023 the year of the microschool?

eSchool News

When people think of disruptive innovations, they tend to focus on new technologies: personal computers, online video streaming, rideshare apps, etc. But the real transformative impact of a disruptive innovation comes not just from technology, but from the new organizational models that technologies enable.

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Is your classroom ready for BYOD?

Neo LMS

Blended classes greatly benefit from BYOD scenarios because most of the class instructional materials are on the cloud and all students need to do is to sync them on their devices. They must know how to teach with technology. Teacher-student interaction is enhanced because there is content and information sharing. Sounds easy.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

The future of education is changing, and global workforce demands will be influenced by the need for knowledge around and skills in fast-growing technologies such as AI. With AI, we have just begun to see the possibilities this technology can provide for education. This begs the question: What’s next for education?

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