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With Budget Cuts Looming, Here’s How Districts Will Decide What to Keep or Cut

Edsurge

The federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, for example, limits the use of school-improvement funds to interventions that benefit student learning as documented by at least one well-designed and well-implemented research study. But that’s likely to change when budgets get tight. This is especially true for families with few resources.

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What Does It Take to Put Inclusive Curriculum Legislation Into Practice?

Edsurge

Just because a mandate has been passed, it doesn’t mean there’s necessarily a plan for implementation, access to training or a repository of resources, all of which are necessary to put it into practice with fidelity. The working group also developed sample scope and sequences for both the elementary and secondary level.

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TEACHER VOICE: Students deserve classroom experiences that reflect their history

The Hechinger Report

As a Colorado secondary school history teacher and former English teacher, I believe, and research shows, that student achievement improves when learners are personally engaged. Here are a few ways we can do this: Improve instructional materials. Provide educators with the time and training to be culturally responsive teachers.

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Is your classroom ready for BYOD?

Neo LMS

Blended classes greatly benefit from BYOD scenarios because most of the class instructional materials are on the cloud and all students need to do is to sync them on their devices. Teacher-student interaction is enhanced because there is content and information sharing. Sounds easy.

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Awareness to Action: How Adopting a Dyslexia Policy Can Positively Impact Instructional Practices for All Students

ExcelinEd

These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language that is often unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and the provision of effective classroom instruction. The updated Toolkit may serve as a resource when considering the most impactful way to affect change for ALL students.

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Savvas Learning Company Acquires Pointful Education

eSchool News

There’s a growing demand in the education marketplace to provide secondary students with multiple pathways for college and career learning that ignite a passion for career exploration,” said Bethlam Forsa, CEO of Savvas Learning Company. “In

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What You Need to Know About Teaching Cybersecurity

edWeb.net

In a recent edWebinar , Casey O’Brien, Executive Director, National CyberWatch Center, and Jim Kowatch, CEO, Infosec Learning, underscored that to fill the demand for cybersecurity experts, secondary and higher education should focus their attention on developing cybersecurity courses that are rooted in IT operations and applications.

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