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5 Tips That Foster Collaborative Professional Learning

EdTech Magazine

5 Tips That Foster Collaborative Professional Learning. Leveraging new technology for professional learning requires some creative thinking — and it also takes money. For example, if it’s just a cute little game for elementary school students, it’s not meeting the goal of enhancing learning.

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How Two-Way Communication Can Boost Family Engagement

Waterford

Use Expert-Led Communication Strategies to Engage the Families in Your District Check out Waterford’s on-demand webinars , including “ Driving Impactful Family Engagement with CARES ,” and learn how you can build a school environment that values families and advises teachers as they connect and collaborate with families.

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How Two-Way Communication Can Boost Family Engagement

Waterford

Use Expert-Led Communication Strategies to Engage the Families in Your District Check out Waterford’s on-demand webinars , including “ Driving Impactful Family Engagement with CARES ,” and learn how you can build a school environment that values families and advises teachers as they connect and collaborate with families.

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3 Key Findings on the State of Digital Learning in K–12

EdTech Magazine

Digital learning not only affects instruction, but it impacts student learning and therefore becomes the responsibility of the entire school. . While it’s recognized as a key tool to enhance the learning experience, technology alone cannot be expected to meet goals without proper implementation.

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Search for America’s Top Young Scientist of 2022 Begins

eSchool News

These young innovators have also been named Time Magazine’s first Kid of the Year, featured in The New York Times Magazine, Forbes, Business Insider, and on national television programs such as Good Morning America, CNN’s Cuomo Prime Time, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and more.

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We Need to Make Schools Human Again. That Means Treating Teachers With Respect.

Edsurge

Give teachers the professional development they want. Throughout the 2020-21 academic year, the instructional support team at my school site offered regular professional learning sessions twice a week. In other words, the question is not “How do we get teachers to participate in professional development?”

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Amid Child Care Crisis, New Head of NAEYC Pledges to Prioritize Listening and Inclusion

Edsurge

One of the commitments I have made as CEO is every chance I get, I’m meeting with educators,” says Kang, who assumed the role as head of the nonprofit early childhood association on May 2. Events and professional development moved to a virtual setting. Every week, I’m talking with people in the field.” But did it? “It

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