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Research
Teaching 21st Century Skills Requires New Assessments
A new report from the Brookings Institution finds technology will play an integral part of assessing the ability of students to grasp 21st century skills.
11/01/18
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Special Feature
2018 THE Journal Readers’ Choice Awards
For our fourth-annual Readers’ Choice Awards, more than 1,000 education technology professionals weighed in on their favorite technologies, from instructional technology to security and privacy tools, from mobile devices to projectors, from games to multimedia authoring tools.
10/29/18
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STEM Equity
STEM Outcomes for English Language Learners Fail to Meet Expectations
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine takes a comprehensive look at the state of English learners in STEM education and provides recommendations on ways to improve outcomes.
10/22/18
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Technology in Education
Survey: Higher-Level Tech Skills Lacking in K–12
While teachers strongly support the infusion of technology into student learning, a survey found that their schools still face multiple hurdles in that pursuit, including a lack of computing devices, too much emphasis on passive activities and insufficient professional development to help educators understand how to teach with tech.
10/11/18
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STEM Policy
California CS Standards Designed to Increase Access to CS Instruction for All Students
Next, the state will finalize a plan for scaling up CS education, including how to support teachers. That's expected to be approved by March 2019.
10/01/18
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