Digital Promise

OCTOBER 27, 2016

More schools are using digital resources than ever, but too often these advances are simply used to make procedures more efficient for the instructor — while students are stuck in the same routine they’ve known for decades. A routine that, for many, is not tremendously engaging.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

The website offers thousands of hours of video lectures for students from PreK-12 grades in various topics, including Math, Science, Arts & Humanities, Reading & Language Arts, Economics, Computing, and Life Skills. The Math Get-Ready Courses introduce students to third to eighth grades algebra, geometry, and pre-calculus.

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MindShift

JUNE 22, 2016

Luckily, several tech-savvy librarians have been curating the apps their colleagues find useful and sharing the all-stars with one another through personal learning communities (PLC) and edWeb webinars. She sees the same trend in students, but also recognizes many schools have policies against phones because they can be distractions.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2017

A 2008 study , for example, found that parental involvement in middle school boosts both students’ engagement and performance. For ideas on what great parent engagement looks like and how to foster it, we talked with educators from both the U.S. Unpack ESSA —what you should know about the Every Student Succeeds Act.

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