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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

Securly

In December 2010, The Journal –“t he leading Technology based education publication for K-12 and higher education”– published an article with a 5-prong prediction for the following year. But, how does the 2010 vision for edTech match what’s actually happening today? ” 1:1 + Common Core = $$$$$. Indeed, $2.3

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OPINION: English language arts instruction needs to change immediately. Here are some ways that can work

The Hechinger Report

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data indicates that only 37 percent of 12th graders are academically prepared for college in reading, and employers say that young people haven’t learned the reading, writing and verbal communication skills most important to workplace success. Teacher training is inadequate.

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“It’s unfair” special education students lag behind under Common Core in Kentucky

The Hechinger Report

Since Kentucky became the first state to adopt the Common Core in 2010, the achievement gap between students with disabilities and their nondisabled peers has widened slightly – despite sweeping expectations the more rigorous standards would help eliminate disparities in academic performance. Reframing expectations.

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PROOF POINTS: Inside the latest reading study that’s getting a lot of buzz

The Hechinger Report

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift The nine authors, most of whom hail from the University of Virginia, issued a press release trumpeting it as the first long-term study of a knowledge-rich curriculum and the first to show outsized gains on state assessments. They said the gains were large enough to catapult U.S.

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How little is too little money for schools?

The Hechinger Report

When she became superintendent in 2010, one of the first decisions to cross her desk was whether to join a new suit against the state. The district also embraced the new Common Core standards, despite controversy elsewhere. So that we become kind of the farm team, the training ground.”. How to pay for them? Fair funding.

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Why Choice Matters to Student Learning

MindShift

We have, in our very classrooms, the brains that will solve the problems of tomorrow, but to give them training means we have to give their neurons a chance to solve the problems of today. Results from a 2010 study show that when. Results from a 2010 study show that when. Patall, Cooper, & Wynn, 2010).

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Who is the new U.S. Education Secretary, Miguel Cardona?

The Hechinger Report

Cardona probably first caught the collective eye of the state’s education and political leaders in 2010 when he was appointed co-chairman of a legislative task force studying the state’s intractable academic achievement gap between racial and socioeconomic groups. The other co-chair was then-Sen. “He

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