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Teaching and leading for higher student engagement … even during a pandemic (aka How I spent my summer)

Dangerously Irrelevant

Others paid attention to the data and rising number of coronavirus cases and used their summers more wisely to design for better remote/hybrid learning and teaching than the mostly-low-level direct instruction, digital worksheets, and paper homework packets that we saw last spring. Instructional leadership with Virginia administrators.

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It's Elementary When it Comes to #EdTech

A Principal's Reflections

Superintendent Scott Rocco provided me with a great opportunity to not only work with teachers in his district, but to also push me outside my comfort zone, which has always been secondary education. Our goal is the purposeful integration of technology to support or enhance learning. Please share in the comments section.

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How Should We Approach the Ethical Considerations of AI in K-12 Education?

Edsurge

This need is highlighted in the Digital Citizen standard of the ISTE Standards for Students , which asks that “students engage in positive, safe, legal and ethical behavior when using technology.” The guide does not provide ethical answers, nor does it ask teachers to instill their own ethical frameworks or values.

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5 of the biggest education trends for 2025

eSchool News

Todays students desire more individualized learning approaches, which empower them to use their creativity, explore their passions, and engage with their peers in more collaborative ways. Teachers want solutions for student behavioral issues, more attentive leadership teams, and more manageable workloads.

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Empowering young minds with a proven literacy program

eSchool News

In my role as a secondary interventionist and curriculum specialist, I’ve witnessed these consequences firsthand. With a focus on students in grades 7-12, I’ve made it a mission to help struggling readers become proficient. The consequences of early literacy struggles have been well documented. Get your teachers on board.

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What All High Schools Can Draw From Career and Technical Education Programs

Edsurge

Ethan, a high school junior studying to become a secondary history teacher in our Academy for Teaching and Learning, was presenting findings from his extensive research to the staff at our school. When students can understand how one topic might be covered in English, History and Science, they’re able to grasp it more deeply.

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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

Job Embedded Professional Development. Professional Learning Communities. Leadership is second only to teaching among school-related factors that can improve student achievement, and it tends to show greatest impact in traditionally underserved schools ( Leithwood, Seashore Louis, Anderson, and Wahlstrom, 2004 ).

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