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Guest Post: How We Can Reframe Edtech Selection to Promote Equity

Digital Promise

This is up from an average of 703 edtech tools during the 2018-2019 school year, representing a more than 200% increase in just three years. This free, web-based guide is designed to meet technology decision-makers where they are and provide detailed recommendations, resources, and examples that they can incorporate into their own context.

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Schools Focus on Boosting Students’ Future Career Options

EdTech Magazine

In the 2018-2019 school year alone, Fairfax County students earned 18,000 industry credentials, says Beth Downey, the district’s CTE coordinator. The district enrolls more than 187,000 students in its elementary and secondary schools as well as alternative programs. Building Skill Sets That Help Students.

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Schools Focus on Boosting Students’ Future Career Options

EdTech Magazine

In the 2018-2019 school year alone, Fairfax County students earned 18,000 industry credentials, says Beth Downey, the district’s CTE coordinator. The district enrolls more than 187,000 students in its elementary and secondary schools as well as alternative programs. Building Skill Sets That Help Students.

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Culturally Responsive Teaching: Tips and Strategies for Educators

Waterford

For example, most teachers understand that having a culturally responsive classroom is important but lack strategies to implement it.[14] As an example, non-white students are disproportionately assigned to special education classes, in part because teachers do not understand their differing cultural values or background.[3].

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How Parent Empowerment Can Change Your Classroom for the Better

Waterford

8] Additionally, one study found that when parents are involved in schools, their children are more likely to graduate from high school and attend post-secondary education.[9]. When parents involve themselves in the classroom, for example, their students are more likely to express self-confidence and a motivation to learn.[11]

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It’s Time to Blur the Boundaries Between High School, College and Work

Edsurge

I attended low-performing elementary and middle schools in San Francisco, and no one in my family had ever gone to college. For example, even as early as 2010, 15 percent of community college entrants (or 1.4 My pathway to college and a career was a narrow—and unlikely—success story. In some states, the share was as high as 37 percent.

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How to Help Your Students Learn Healthy Communication Skills

Waterford

Classroom activities like reflective writing in journals is a great way to teach communication skills to PreK, elementary, or secondary students. As always, be sure to model good examples in your work for students. April, 2018. August, 2018. Journals help students practice expressing themselves in writing.

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