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Expanding ‘through-year’ assessments to boost student achievement

eSchool News

Key points: To personalize learning, teachers need actionable data more frequently A new partnership in Montana will support student achievement in just this manner See related article: What’s the state of K-12 assessment? I am confident that teachers, students, and families will benefit from these programs that increase academic achievement.”

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School safety impacts achievement, instructional time, educator retention

eSchool News

“The survey findings emphasize the reality of school safety concerns and impacts on student achievement. “By providing schools with the most innovative and easy-to-use safety technology, we can empower them to get help if a situation can be resolved more rapidly with assistance.

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Trust, Technology, and Transformation: Embracing the Student-Centered Classroom

Catlin Tucker

This creates tension when I guide educators in exploring alternative instructional models that use technology strategically. These technology-enhanced instructional models require more from students in terms of self-regulation and self-directed learning. To achieve this shift in thinking, we need to start with trust.

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Top Grant Sources to Bring Technology to Under-Resourced Classrooms

Ask a Tech Teacher

Top Grant Sources to Bring Technology to Under-Resourced Classrooms In todays classrooms, technology is more than a supplement its a necessity. From digital literacy tools to interactive learning platforms, access to reliable technology helps level the educational playing field.

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Look to the Science: Understanding how Mind, Brain and Education Science can Inform Educational Practices

k12 Digest

Technology has permeated every facet of our lives, making many tasks easier, and even doing some of our work for us. The impact of technology on the human brain is still being studied, but there is a body of research which is decades old and has increased its capacity to inform education with advances in medical imaging technology.

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Technology as a bridge–not a shortcut–to student relationships

eSchool News

Technological advances in recent decades mean that we don’t have to let history repeat itself, even as segregation persists. Alongside critical, ongoing efforts to integrate schools, education systems can turn to technology tools for forging new relationships across economic divides. In other words, hope is not a strategy.

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AI and teacher burnout: Can technology really help?

eSchool News

AI can make this dream achievable, using data to understand each student’s progress and needs and adjusting the curriculum accordingly. Balancing technology with human connection: Teaching is deeply personal; there’s no substitute for the empathy and intuition a teacher brings to a classroom.

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