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Five ways that project based learning empowers educators and elevates equity

Hapara

When educators feel burned out and tired, PBL can empower them to reconnect to their “why” or original motivation for being a teacher because of the transformative learning moments. Many educators are also inspired as they learn through the projects they facilitate and by witnessing increased student engagement that has visible results.

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Crunch the Numbers—EdTech Data You Can Use Right Now

eSchool News

The study was funded by the Reading Reimagined program of the Advanced Education Research and Development Fund (AERDF, pronounced like air-diff), and provided a specific reading fluency protocol along with professional learning to sixth grade teachers in a large, urban U.S. school district in 2022-23.

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Discovery Education Announces Latest Enhancements to Award-Winning K-12 Learning Platform

eSchool News

These improvements make it easier for educators to find, build, and deliver compelling lessons that capture students’ attention and drive deeper student engagement no matter the subject.? . Among the latest enhancements made to the Discovery Education K-12 learning platform for back-to-school are: . Twitter and?

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Tomorrow’s New Normal: What It Means for Professional Development

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Katie Hansen, Staff Development Specialist for Phoenix Union High School District, said her district was not in a 1:1 space, so it was essential to build capacity and understand the tools available to everybody and think about how they should drive those learning outcomes. Positive Outcomes. Join the Community.

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96 edtech predictions for K12 in 2019

eSchool News

. • With 2019 here and 2020 in arm’s reach, there’s an ever-growing expectation that next-generation tech tools should do a better job of informing educators on which resources improve learning outcomes. Jacob Bruno, vice president of professional learning, NWEA. Jamie Candee, CEO, Edmentum. •

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Minnesota’s South Washington County Schools Selects the Discovery Education’s Suite of Digital Services to Support Science Instruction in Grades K-8

eSchool News

Connecting educators to a vast collection of high-quality, standards-aligned content, ready-to-use digital lessons, intuitive quiz and activity creation tools, and professional learning resources, Discovery Education provides educators an enhanced learning platform which facilitates engaging, daily instruction in any learning environment.

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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

Job Embedded Professional Development. Professional Learning Communities. Leadership is second only to teaching among school-related factors that can improve student achievement, and it tends to show greatest impact in traditionally underserved schools ( Leithwood, Seashore Louis, Anderson, and Wahlstrom, 2004 ).

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