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To Close the Math Achievement Gap, We Must Recognize What Students Bring to the Classroom

ED Surge

Picture the following: A student volunteers to answer a math question in an elementary school classroom. Nationally, mathematics achievement on average remains low with glaring, persistent inequities across racial and ethnic groups. As a result, the achievement gap between white students and Black and Hispanic students has increased.

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My Students Can’t Meet Academic Standards Because the School Model No Longer Fits Them

ED Surge

I know he can learn and do the math, but his struggles with attention and staying focused, along with the structure of school, make it really hard for him and others who share his challenges to find the success they deserve. Trapped between the schedule of the day and his own brain, he was going to fail.

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Education at Home (Homeschooling) is the BEST

Chillax Science

Schooling at home offers a wide range of benefits, such as the ability to tailor the curriculum to suit the individual needs and interests of students, control of the educational environment, and freedom to include meaningful context to learning. We all know that ‘one size does not fit all.’

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Maryland organization bridges business and educational communities

STEMx

For example, during Race to the Top legislation (~2010-2014), federal support provided MBRT with substantial resources to advocate for high academic standards, convene partners around critical educational topics, and provide services to local school districts. What have you learned from your successes – and missteps?

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How to Qualify Online Tutoring Services

Ask a Tech Teacher

Will you have your child be tutored even though they are doing okay in school? However, if they are from a different country try to find out if that country’s educational system and academic standard is the same or at par with your own country. Alternatively, do you wait until their grades are already slipping down?

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K-12 and Higher Ed Institutions Lead Consortium to Advance EdTech Innovation and Trust

ED Surge

Does your school district or higher ed institution use a learning management system (LMS), digital curriculum resources, learning tools, assessment applications, a badging platform, a single-sign-on application launcher or a student information system?

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What’s next for the billion dollar Perkins Act

STEMx

As one of its main provisions, Perkins IV focused not only on technical achievement, but also on high academic standards. The goal of the re-authorization in 2006 was aligning secondary and post-secondary education outcomes and improving accountability. Q: Perkins was due for re-authorization more than three years ago.