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MLTI is not a Tech Buy or Commodity. It’s a Learning Initiative.

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The Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) has been around since 2001, providing 7th & 8th Grade students and teachers with devices and more. Recently a new piece of “Concept Draft” legislation popped up: LD 137: An Act To Make the Maine Learning Technology Initiative More Cost-effective.

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MLTI is not a Tech Buy or Commodity. It’s a Learning Initiative.

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The Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) has been around since 2001, providing 7th & 8th Grade students and teachers with devices and more. Recently a new piece of “Concept Draft” legislation popped up: LD 137: An Act To Make the Maine Learning Technology Initiative More Cost-effective.

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PROOF POINTS: Researchers blast data analysis for teachers to help students 

The Hechinger Report

That was the idea behind the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The most effective use of teachers’ time together is not clear and Hill said she and her colleagues at Research Partnership for Professional Learning are studying that now. T he numbers were supposed to shed light on what was happening in public schools.

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Live Tuesday August 30th (Early Time) with Richard and Rebecca DuFour on Professional Learning Communities to Improve Schools

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Join me Tuesday, August 30th, at an earlier-than-normal time for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Richard and Rebecca DuFour on using Professional Learning Communities to improve schools. Work Together. DuFour , M.Ed., served as a teacher, school administrator and central office coordinator.

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Fueled by Big Rounds, Edtech Funding Surges to $887M in First Half of 2017

Edsurge

Frontline Education, controlled by Insight Venture Partners, has snapped up another 10—most recently, professional-learning provider School Improvement Network. PowerSchool, owned by Vista Equity Partners, has acquired eight companies since June 2015. short-lived experiment in the coding bootcamp industry ).

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PROOF POINTS: Debunking the myth that teachers stop improving after five years

The Hechinger Report

But now, a new nonprofit organization that seeks to improve teaching, the Research Partnership for Professional Learning, says the conventional wisdom that veteran teachers stop getting better is one of several myths about teaching. Other researchers, including Stanford University’s Eric Hanushek , found the same. .

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The Courage Required to Lead an Equity Agenda

edWeb.net

This edWeb broadcast was hosted by AASA, The School Superintendents Association and AASA’s Leadership Network, providing premier professional learning for educational leaders. Staff may think they have other important issues to focus on, but in order to erase decades of disparity, equity education needs to be constant at all levels.