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Florida Department of Education Approves Lexia Learning for ELA Intervention Courses

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Developed to address the decades-long gap in reading proficiency across the nation, PowerUp is designed to enhance core English language arts instruction for struggling readers in grades six and above. The Florida Department of Education reviews instructional materials by subject on a five-year adoption cycle.

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Creative Approaches for Developing Essay Writing Skills

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Embracing the Art of Reading One of the most effective and time-honored methods for honing one’s writing skills is to immerse oneself in the works of accomplished authors and essayists. By embracing the freedom of freewriting, one can tap into the well of subconscious creativity and cultivate a more fluid and expressive writing style.

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How to Bring to Life the Science of Reading

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Her words describe the transformative power of reading — a skill that, unlike spoken language, humans are not naturally hardwired to master. Language comprehension involves developing background knowledge for context and mastering language structures, such as grammar and syntax, to make sense of sentences and larger texts.

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Should AI Bots Do Science?

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The AI system even attempts a “peer review,” of the research paper, which essentially brings in another chatbot to check the work of the first. can, estimating that a research paper can be created — from idea generation to writing and peer review — for about $15 in computing costs. They can copy anyone’s art style.

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SIIA Announces Education Technology Finalists for 2023 CODiE Awards

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The SIIA CODiE Awards are the industry’s only peer-reviewed awards program. Educators and administrators serve as judges for the first-round review of all nominees. “Their innovations stand to improve the teaching and learning experience for teachers and students here in the U.S. and globally.

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From English to Automotive Class, Teachers Assign Projects to Combat AI Cheating

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They do try, as Holly Distefano has seen in her middle school English language arts classes. But there may be a solution on the horizon, one that will help ensure students have to put more effort into their schoolwork than entering a prompt into a large language model. Kids aren’t as sneaky as they think they are. she says. “We

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Want to Boost Reading Scores? Build Silent Reading Stamina.

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Her desire to incentivize and reward students for their reading diligence was born out of a deep concern for some alarming English Language Arts (ELA) numbers: In 2018, when she became the principal, the lowest-performing 25% of her 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders reached only 46% of their expected yearly growth based on statewide assessments.

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