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US Edtech Policy Conversations Amidst Coronavirus Concerns with Tom Murray

The CoolCatTeacher

His most recent book, Personal & Authentic: Designing Learning Experiences that Impact a Lifetime , was released in October of 2019. Murray served as an elementary teacher, middle school teacher, middle school principal, elementary principal, and at the district level in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

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What Does It Take To Successfully Implement Personalized Learning at Scale?

Edsurge

To learn more about how districts are integrating innovative instructional practices and data-driven tools for more personalized learning, EdSurge spoke with Dr. Joseph Mancuso , Superintendent of Eastern York School District , and Michael Calvert , Director of Elementary Education at South Allegheny School District.

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How K–12 Schools Should Define and Act on Digital Learning

EdTech Magazine

How K–12 Schools Should Define and Act on Digital Learning. Thu, 04/11/2019 - 15:35. To be honest, I hate the term blended learning. Let me explain why: In today’s world of education, blended learning gets thrown around for any type of new education involving technology. . eli.zimmerman_9856. by Brian Seymour.

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5 Strategies for Coaching Instructional Excellence

The CoolCatTeacher

Vicki Davis (@coolcatteacher) August 6, 2019 Sherry St. Clair is the founder of Reflective Learning LLC, an educational consulting agency based in Kentucky. She has published numerous professional learning activity guides and facilitated webinar series focused on leadership and effective instructional practices.

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Leadership for Deeper Learning: Excerpt 04

Dangerously Irrelevant

[To celebrate our upcoming book, Leadership for Deeper Learning , I am publishing an excerpt each day for a week before its release. We interviewed leaders at 30 different ‘deeper learning’ schools around the world in 2019 and 2020.

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Launching a Maker Learning Leadership Cohort in the Pittsburgh Region

Digital Promise

Grounded in the lessons learned from a year-long pilot with a national cohort of schools and the development of the Maker Learning Leadership Framework , this cohort program is dedicated to professional learning, peer connections, and school transformation in the Pittsburgh region. Crafton Elementary School.

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Smithsonian and Carolina Biological Announce New Study Results and Effectiveness of their K – 5 Science Curriculum

eSchool News

The five-year study, Improving Student Achievement Across State Borders and State Standards, concluded that the print, digital and hands-on program, coupled with high-quality professional learning, raises students standardized test scores. Lapp and Anne B. Keiser Director of the Smithsonian Science Education Center.

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