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With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts

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Last year in New York City Public Schools, Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School (FDR) teachers started using a real-time AI math coaching platform from Edia to give students instant access to math support. On Edia, teachers can see every question a student asks the AI coach as they try to complete a problem set.

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Lockbox Challenges with Google Forms

Catlin Tucker

When coaching a group of teachers this month, we created a transitional language lockbox challenge. The paper had three paragraphs that were missing transitional language. Once they have filled in the missing language, they had to enter the words into the Google Form lockbox one at a time to see if they were correct.

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How we turned around our English language learner (ELL) program

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Many of those struggling were English-language learners (ELLs) whose English proficiency wasn’t at the level needed to comprehend challenging texts within these exams. Biggest challenge: Results on standardized tests revealed that about a quarter of our 9th- and 10th-grade students weren’t reading at grade level.

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Want a stronger workforce? Make reading initiatives multigenerational

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Participating families can set and achieve goals around their children’s development and see an increase in their social and emotional skills and language acquisition, both of which support emerging literacy. points and 1.5 points, respectively.

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6 apps for parent-teacher communication

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Or a football coach may require that parents submit documentation of their kids receiving recent physical exams that confirm they’re eligible for the sport. Talking Points is a communications app that attempts to break down language barriers between parents and teachers. The app offers text-message-like functionality.

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AEF Schools: Empowering Students with Individualized Learning, Social Growth, and Real-World Skills

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Instead of pressuring students with high-stakes exams, AEF focuses on mastery-based learning. Whether its reinforcing math concepts, improving reading comprehension, or learning a new language, these resources make learning more engaging and effective. A core part of this training includes COGMOTICS, AEFs proprietary curriculum.

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As states adopt science of reading, one group calls for better teacher training, curriculum

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Wisconsin is creating a new literacy office and hiring reading coaches. Most teacher prep programs don’t devote at least two instructional hours to how to teach English learners to read in an unfamiliar language or to supporting struggling readers, NCTQ’s analysis found. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. newsletters.