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3 Things Educators and Edtech Suppliers Need to Talk About

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Open rubrics from the 1EdTech community can help start the vetting process on data privacy , security , accessibility and generative AI , while CASE Network 2 helps to align those tools with academic standards. The ecosystem as a whole is making a major impact.

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Looking to Ditch Traditional Grades? Here’s How to Get Stakeholders On Board

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An increasing number of schools —including charter and traditional public schools—are making a similar move to ditch traditional grades in favor of a more robust approach to assessing students’ skills. Whether they call it competency-, mastery-, or standards-based grading, the movement aims to improve students outcomes sans As, Bs, and Cs.

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Play Is Disappearing From Kindergarten. It’s Hurting Kids.

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Across the country, kindergarteners are pressured to meet academic standards that both teachers and experts say many kids are developmentally not ready for. As the students move about, teachers observe, record, confer, participate, push extension questions and use this information to plan next steps.

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eSpark–Self-paced Learning for Math and Reading

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Teachers monitor individual progress, see what each student completed on their last visit as well as when that was and how long it lasted, view students’ self-described moods, assess their pre- and post-quiz scores, and view their summative synthesis videos that provide evidence of their knowledge as they teach others what they just learned.

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‘Back to School’ Hijinks and Lessons for the Education Industry

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But to the BMO’s annual education industry conference, where company executives, investors, bankers and financiers of all stripes descended in their suits and slacks (but very few ties). EdReports has become a real big deal in K-12 publishing,” he said, referring to the nonprofit that reviews textbooks for alignment to academic standards.

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How to Build a High-Functioning Remote Team for Your Edtech Company

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It proved useful in finding teachers to help develop our lesson plans, assessments and professional development. on audio-only phone conferences.) Education industry conferences can also offer a good opportunity for employees to not only meet customers and potential clients, but also see what other companies (or competitors) are up to.

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Take Two: Clever’s Newest Effort to Help Teachers Try Before They Buy Edtech

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Soft-launched last summer, the library currently houses more than 100 educational apps, which teachers can browse by subjects or categories (like assessment or presentation tools). For instance, a curriculum director may decide that one math program does not align with the district’s academic standards, while another one does.

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