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California is working through the impact of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which places responsibility for figuring out how to evaluate schools and districts on the states themselves. Recently, a Department of Education task force handed in its recommendations for building an accountability and continuous improvement system that emphasizes three themes: performance, equity and, most prominently, improvement. MoreOpen source learning platform Moodle today released version 3.1, which introduces new features for competency-based education. MoreThe Pennsylvania Department of Education has launched its Superintendent's Academy, a new professional development program designed for district leaders from around the state. MoreThe Alaska Department of Education has implemented a cloud-based stakeholder intelligence system to help gather insight into the opinions and priorities of a large number of stakeholders across the state's vast geography, 54 school districts and culturally diverse population. More
Xerox researchers in India have developed technology that's able to analyze the contents of video and index it in a way that enables students to go immediately to the specific part of the recording they need for their learning. MoreAn Indian start-up wants to help middle and high school teachers add basic programming to their classes. MoreBlended and online learning provider Edgenuity has launched a new suite of career and elective courses. MoreItron, a company that provides technology and services to improve energy and water use efficiency, has launched an interactive science, technology engineering and math curriculum in an effort to improve energy and water use literacy, encourage conservation and inspire innovation. MoreFive finalists have been selected in the second annual Genes in Space competition, in which American students were invited to design an experiment using DNA analysis to solve a real-life space exploration problem. The winning experiment will be performed aboard the International Space Station. More
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