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Students are able to engage more with large print books than other reading materials, according to a new study from Project Tomorrow and Gale.
09/12/2019
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Microsoft has released an update to Minecraft: Education Edition. The latest back-to-school release (version 1.12) offers several enhancements, including improved multiplayer support, including support for join codes.
09/12/2019
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The federal program helps students to recognize and protect themselves against suspicious online practices through interactive activities.
09/12/2019
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Total immersion may be possible virtually, but it is not feasible in a school. Even if it were, it could not address some important educational principles as well as an actual physical environment. For example, school is a place for in-person student/student, student/educator and educator/educator collaborations that are essential to differentiated learning strategies.
09/11/2019
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The nonprofit children advocacy organization wants Congress to resist a call from tech giants to preempt state laws that put privacy-related restrictions on the data that they collect.
09/11/2019
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Everyday Speech is integrating new features into its social-emotional learning (SEL) offering for educators to personalize the teaching experience for each student using evidence-based strategies and tools.
09/11/2019
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Dynabook has introduced Tecra X50, an ultrathin laptop that offers up to 32 GB RAM and WiFI 6 capability.
09/10/2019
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While teens consider it important to follow current events, they prefer to get their news from social media rather than from news organizations.
09/10/2019
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Even as many states are backing away from high-stakes testing in math and English language arts that take place at the end of the school year, that doesn't necessarily mean they're "backsliding," according to a new report. Rather than "rolling back" advancements in test quality, accessibility and rigor under the weight of political pressures or demands for reductions in time spent on testing, some states are reforming their approach to assessment in innovative ways.
09/10/2019
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A wide-ranging survey on a multitude of education topics among adults and high schoolers found that the students viewed school safety differently from their parents.
09/10/2019
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A new study from the Learning Policy Institute provides insights into how seven “positive outlier” school districts in California were able to close the opportunity gap.
09/10/2019
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ED is funding an effort to widen the scope of a national initiative aimed at providing STEM resources and training for museums and science centers.
09/05/2019
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The Arkansas Department of Education is rolling out an interactive experience to teach middle and high school students about concussions using virtual reality.
09/05/2019
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CoSN wants the FCC to revamp its funding program for school internet access and network infrastructure projects to address cybersecurity needs.
09/04/2019
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Teaching Strategies is entering the parent-teacher communication space through an agreement to acquire ReadyRosie.
09/04/2019
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Of five major content areas covered in math classes — numbers and operations, measurement, geometry, data and statistics, and algebra and functions — teachers are putting a bigger emphasis particularly on algebra and functions in math class beyond what they were doing a dozen years earlier. And in science, students are discussing the kinds of problems engineers solve more frequently.
09/03/2019
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The latest release of Voyager Passport from Voyager Sopris provides for more time on task in reading. The program is intended for students who need extra help outside of the core instruction to work on phonic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.
09/03/2019
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Upcoming funding opportunities for schools
09/03/2019