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CoSN 2019: K–12 Schools Address Digital Equity with Curriculum Framework

EdTech Magazine

Teachers spend seven or more hours per week, or 250 hours per year , creating or finding instructional materials for the general classroom, said Clark. What we want to do is transform the instructional core.”. This amount of time grows exponentially for teachers in underserved schools with students who may need more support. “If

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Teaching Assistants that Actually Assist Instructors with Teaching

Iterating Toward Openness

” question about the way generative AI might change the ways that learners interact with instructional materials like textbooks. The overwhelming majority of faculty have no training whatsoever in teaching and learning. Last week I asked a “What if?” This week I’d like to ask another.

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Twelve Years Later: What’s Really Changed in the K-12 Sector? (Part 1)

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At the time, Wireless Generation was expanding from its roots in K-3 reading assessment into new areas: intervention, professional development, and data systems. We focused on the essential needs of the market—curriculum, assessment, and intervention—which aligned with our core competencies and interests. Sometimes very hard.

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Seven Steps to Ensure English Learners Aren’t Left Out of STEM

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How might state assessments be unfairly disadvantaging English learners? Create high-quality curriculum and assessments for English learners in STEM Curriculum developers, teachers and researchers should work together to develop instructional materials and resources that take into account the range of English learners’ needs.

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OPINION: Struggling readers need standards and structure based on the science of reading

The Hechinger Report

achieved National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) proficiency in fourth grade reading. Preliminary research from the nonprofit assessment group NWEA suggested that students would retain only 70 percent of last year’s gains in reading when they returned for the 2020-21 academic year compared with a typical school year.

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How Much Longer Will Schools Have to Scrape Together Technology Funding?

Edsurge

Or their latest crop of teachers needs training? technicians, programmers and technology coaches), network infrastructure, maintenance and—importantly—teacher training on how to effectively use all that new technology. The pandemic will eventually subside and those dollars will likely be funneled elsewhere.

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How Districts Can Develop a Comprehensive Plan for Remote Learning Come Fall

Edsurge

The United States ranked 36th in math and 13th in reading among 79 countries and regions that took the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2018. Hoping to improve our standing, researchers have been calling for a new approach to education for nearly a decade—one that combines in-person and virtual instruction.

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