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IXL Approved by Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as a State-Approved Supplemental Literacy Solution for Grades K-5

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/PRNewswire/ — IXL, the award-winning personalized learning platform used by 16 million students, has been named a High Quality Evidence-Based Instructional Material for Early Literacy by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).

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Opportunities in failing: Why K-12 education needs more productive struggle

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They were designed to stretch my limits, to force me to engage deeply with the material rather than skim through a textbook for quick answers. This experience stood in stark contrast to my K-12 education, where everything was graded, and the expectation was to get as many correct answers as possible.

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Bringing Better STEM Education to the Rural South

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They also set up a randomized controlled trial, which is designed to measure whether the intervention worked and changed science learning and achievement, Schneider says. Other challenges seem to have set back STEM education, too. The curriculum aligns with the principles of Next Generation Science Standards.

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Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Refugee Education Fund Partners with Discovery Education

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As students in Lebanon continue to face multi-faceted challenges with an unprecedented high risk of dropping out of school, this first of its kind partnership between Discovery Education and The Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Refugee Education Fund comes in a timely manner. Discovery Education currently serves approximately 4.5

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These Community Colleges Are Still Fulfilling the American Dream

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50 percent of Hispanic students start at community colleges, for example, I believe a wide-range of programming and quality mentorship for our Hispanic students is important in order for them to dream big and achieve their educational goals. Given that. Additionally, organizations like.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

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For instance, new AI tools are providing educators with an invaluable resource—more time for individualized instruction, with increased specificity. I’m optimistic that proven, coherent technologies in the hands of a committed teacher will achieve the goal of more confident, successful readers. I see that continuing in the future.

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Why ‘Black Box’ Software Isn’t Ready to Teach College

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Thille: The Open Learning Initiative, which is the project that I founded at Carnegie Mellon, started with a desire from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to get access to high-quality post-secondary education to those who would not otherwise have access. Like textbooks—that's a classic example. That was way back in 2001.