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Debunking the myth that good teachers shouldn’t use curriculum aids

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The myth that good teachers have the Midas touch and therefore don’t need curriculum programs has been around for decades. Some packages simply did not have much to offer, while others talked down to teachers, as the oft-used phrase “teacher-proof curriculum” suggests. Expecting teachers to go it alone hurts school improvement.

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From DC Chancellor to Edtech Founder: Kaya Henderson on Her New Venture in Culturally-Relevant Education

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Specifically, she’s launched Reconstruction , a collection of online courses and curriculum focused on Black contributions to American and world history, targeted specifically at Black students. What would a national Black curriculum look like? And by May, we had hired close to 30 curriculum writers.

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Automation Will Hit Young People Hardest. Can These Nonprofits Prepare Them for It?

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The primary way the nonprofit is doing this is through an AI curriculum it launched in May in Akron Public Schools in Ohio but which has already spread to six states and more than 2,500 students. Tanner: First we centered the students themselves in our design process. I call it “Gen Z curriculum design.”

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The Power of Authentic Assessment in the Age of AI

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In doing so, we should design assessments as an engaging, ongoing process for students, helping them learn and achieve their learning outcomes rather than considering it as a one-shot test or quiz and focusing merely on the score. She obtained her PhD in chemistry education from Bremen University/Germany.

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A Glimpse Into the Playful World of Seymour Papert

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How “hard fun” that integrate math, writing, design and art in a programming project captivated students previously bored with the curriculum, and developed in them new confidence and significantly improved their scores on standardized math tests. While a visionary, he is also very much a realist.

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The Power of Authentic Assessment in the Age of AI

Faculty Focus

In doing so, we should design assessments as an engaging, ongoing process for students, helping them learn and achieve their learning outcomes rather than considering it as a one-shot test or quiz and focusing merely on the score. She obtained her PhD in chemistry education from Bremen University/Germany.

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How Valor Collegiate Academy is Rethinking SEL

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That’s exactly what the leadership team has done at Valor Collegiate Academies in Nashville, Tennessee, a school network committed to balancing academic content with non academic skills and habits in the curriculum to help better prepare students for their future. Work towards all three goals is underway. What’s Next for Valor?

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