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Unpacking COVID’s lasting academic effects on 5th graders

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The digital divide exacerbated these losses, as students from disadvantaged backgrounds often faced limited access to technology and adequate support systems. These efforts have been instrumental in helping students regain lost ground and make progress in their academic development.

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Discovery Education and Keysight Technologies Launch New Partnership Supporting Equity of Access in Education

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Discovery Education and Keysight Technologies, Inc. NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that delivers advanced design and validation solutions to help accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, have launched an innovative new public-private partnership that supports student learning and builds academic confidence.

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The future of learning spaces is open ended

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I thought about what experiences could happen in those spaces, extracting the qualities and characteristics of technology, space and teaching methods that could be applied to each space. The idea that a school’s function is one of purely academic development should be retired entirely.

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 Minnesota’s Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop Public Schools’ New Partnership Powers the Creation of Dynamic Digital Learning Environments Supporting Science Education 

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Nestled in the prairie of south-central Minnesota and serving students from the communities of Gibbon, Fairfax, Winthrop, and surrounding townships, GFW uses progressive technology applications to access educational resources from around the world. All GFW educators now also enjoy access to the Discovery Educator Network.

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News from Discovery Education: Virginia’s Rivermont Schools Selects Discovery Education to Support Science Education Statewide

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The virtual and hands-on investigations, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) activities, and instructional supports within Techbook enhance the delivery of impactful, blended instruction, in person or at a distance.

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What Student Leaders Think About the Future of Education

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There’s a lot that goes into innovation efforts on campus—think curriculum design, technology training for instructors, and bureaucracy. Curriculum and Teaching Curriculum and teaching is top of mind for students curious about educational technology, and this was the most frequent topic that students have written about about so far.

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The Case for Expanding the Definition of 'Personalization' to Meet the Needs of the Whole Child

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Personalized learning for the whole learner, EdSurge Fusion 2018’s theme, is how we can begin to educate through the science of learning and development. Source: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Academic development is represented by the content areas required on the path toward a high school diploma (e.g.,