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10 Ways to Move Forward: Learning Gaps and Post Pandemic Learning [Free Webinar]

The CoolCatTeacher

Tuesday, April 20 at 7 pm ET join us for the free webinar From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Register for this webinar on Tuesday, April 20 at 7 pm eastern; we will be discussing ten ways to move forward with learning in schools. Advancement Courses sponsors this webinar.

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Why experts say now is the time to assess your district’s edtech use

eSchool News

Now they ask teachers to check the tool’s data privacy policy and age requirements when making a request, so they have a better understanding of why a tool is—or isn’t—a good fit. But “there’s also a qualitative piece around each of these tools,” said Melissa Loble, Instructure’s chief academic officer, speaking on the same webinar. “Is

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Embracing diversity in the classroom: Strategies for inclusive education

Hapara

A recent UNESCO report showed that across the nation, elementary and secondary students with disabilities experience higher rates of violence by teachers and are up to 1.5 Research from the Brown Center for Education Policy at Brookings found that Black students are 5.8 percent more likely to be suspended multiple times and 2.2

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How to Use the Dual Capacity-Building Framework to Strengthen Family Empowerment

Waterford

Examples of organizational conditions are wider reaching, like integrated and sustained improvements across a school or district—such as adjusting school policies in ways that offer more opportunities for family engagement.[3] When educators and school policies prioritize family engagement, the whole school benefits. Dual Capacity.

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Data That Educators Need to Reopen Schools Isn’t Coming. So They’re Collecting It Themselves.

Edsurge

Yet without a coordinated national response to the crisis, reliable data that could help inform policy is scarce. Called the COVID-19 School Response Dashboard , it asks elementary and secondary schools and districts throughout the U.S. The sweep of the coronavirus across the U.S. has produced an information paradox.

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Innovation Study Tours Explore Equity in Diverse Settings

Digital Promise

For the inaugural study tour, participating districts attended three webinars presented by the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) that culminated in a meeting in Toronto, Ontario, on January 30–31. In the United States and abroad, school systems are at the center of change in policy and practice.

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The Awkward Truth About ‘Free College’—It Isn’t Truly Free

Edsurge

Free college’ is not free,” explained Shanna Jackson, now president of Nashville State Community College, during a recent webinar. Misleading Messages In policy conversations and political speeches, the phrase “free college” is sometimes used as shorthand for the more accurate, but less punchy, phrase “free from tuition and fees.”

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