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

ED Surge

Single subjects and rote tasks are easy to plan and assess, but quickly lose their appeal if you don’t connect with the narrow content or see being successful in school as the primary reason for learning. Why can’t these types of experiences be more common in schools?

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Helping Students Explore CTE Programs

Teach Hub

If you have been in education for a while, especially secondary education, you might have heard the phrase “not everyone is going to go to college.” Over the past two or three decades, public education has improved its ability to graduate students who are career-ready in addition to students who are college-ready. Education (4).

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

ED Surge

Most importantly, the user experience and instruction time are now the primary focus rather than how to connect products. Today, there are over 8000 edtech products that the 1EdTech community certified as meeting 1EdTech standards for quality and trust. Now, this integration can take just a few minutes. How did this advancement happen?

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The New Role of Assessments in Educational Equity

Magic EdTech

Since the mid-nineteenth century, standardized tests have been a part of American education. Assessments have always helped educational stakeholders understand what students know and can do. The main purpose of this policy is to promote educational equity and quality education for all students.

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The heart of the loop: Reattempts without penalty

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

be the primary measure of success in a course, and some measure of grace and flexibility will be included along with high standards and "rigor" And for other instructors, this concept raises more questions than answers. For some instructors, it provides hope that student growth will (finally!)