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The Best, Free Financial Literacy Courses for Middle and High School

The CoolCatTeacher

These financial literacy skills include comparison shopping, avoiding online scams, effectively using credit, and investing. Additionally, his free financial literacy course aligns with Jump$tart Coalition Standards for K-12 Personal Finance Education, National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies, and State Academic Standards.

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3 Things Educators and Edtech Suppliers Need to Talk About

Edsurge

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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OPINION: How top charter schools became an ‘afterthought’ in one state

The Hechinger Report

In 1993, Massachusetts enacted a bipartisan education reform law that gave schools a massive infusion of state money in return for high academic standards and accountability. Academic standards were the next to go. State-by-state NAEP comparisons are available in this Hechinger Report table.)

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Instructure Acquires MasteryConnect for $42.5 Million to Expand K-12 Footprint

Edsurge

Founded in 2009, MasteryConnect offers a platform where teachers can plan lessons, create and deliver assessments, and track how students perform against academic standards. That sum paled in comparison to its previous Series B fundraise, which totaled more than $20 million.) The company claims users in more than 14,000 U.S.

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Making the case for common K-12 standards

eSchool News

In order to innovate in ways that anticipate and serve the needs of teachers and students, standards are applied to how OER is tagged, how tags support one another, and the editorial style that is imposed upon all metadata. One of the most common sets of structures are academic standards. The Value of Common Standards in OER.

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Curated Curriculum for Student Progress

eSpark

Rather than relying on a static curricula built on textbooks and worksheets, many districts are taking a more dynamic approach to teaching students academic standards and essential real world skills for student progress. The static curricula at School B pales in comparison to the digital resources used by School A.

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Plagiarism Checkers: Changing the Writing Process

PlagiarismCheck

Academic honesty promotion is crucial for student success. Students who understand academic integrity principles are more likely to produce high-quality work that meets academic standards. Authorship checking (prevent ghost writing) and comparison of students’ works among themselves. Citation Generator.

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