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Engaging All Learners: Expanding High School Options for Success

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You might find that the pace is too fast or too slow for you, or that the teaching methods don’t resonate with your style of learning. Traditional high schools often prioritize rote learning and standardized testing, which can limit your ability to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

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8 Great Websites and Apps to Help Kids With Fractions

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Luckily, there are a lot of online apps on offer that are accessible to students and make learning much easier than traditional methods. Young learners can participate in a variety of math-based activities and challenges that improve their problem-solving skills while making the process enjoyable.

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The Top 5 AI Quiz Builder Tools That Can Transform Your Classroom and Their Benefits

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Tools like Siri, Alexa, ChatGPT, and a plethora of apps seem perfect for handling the repetitive and time-consuming aspects of education that take teachers away from the core of most lessons that require critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving.

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NAEP Scores Show a Long Road to Academic Recovery. Edtech Can Help Shorten It.

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Educators, particularly those entering the field with insufficient training or experience, need immediate access to job-embedded and asynchronous professional development that they can access easily and on their own schedule. We must invest in our teachers. similar method exists for reading.

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EdTech Promised to Change How Students Learn, But the Real Revolution Lies Within Us

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At the time, teachers wondered if students were really learning or just remembering long enough to get the reward. My district's purchase of a new blended learning software followed the same formula. While the students improved on the platform's assessment, they did not enjoy this kind of learning.

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How Students Use AI to Design Solutions for Their Community

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Youth today are significant users of technology and have dominated AI-related conversations, so it’s essential to provide opportunities for them to design and problem solve the tools that are shaping their future. Youth voice is vital in the development and implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools.

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Learning Where You Live: The Power of Place-Based Education

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Here you’ll learn about the concept of place-based education, its advantages, how it can help support personalized learning, along with the real-world applications that may help to transform traditional teaching methods. Place-based learning turns communities into classrooms. What is Place-Based Education?