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MAY 16, 2025

Cot, assistant director of educational technology for the Massachusetts education department. The process is part of a five-year plan to build an accountability culture around edtech use. Kyle Berger, chief technology officer, Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District, Texas.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

culturally relevant textbooks? Six Massachusetts colleges and universities, alongside the state’s Department of Higher Education, are testing their hypothesis that free, culturally relevant textbooks can improve student performance. Like: What would happen if students had access to a catalog of free and?this

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NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Instead of just superheroes, she invites students to think about their own cultural icons and cultural representations, and use that to design a character. The student and professor both shared the story last week during a session on culturally-responsive teaching in online courses at the 2017 OLC Accelerate Conference, in Orlando.

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AUGUST 4, 2021

The 29-year-old lives in Beijing, where she leads a team at an education company that develops English curriculum for kindergartens and schools across China. With their advanced degrees and English-language skills, they represent a selective set of perspectives. Mini Hu is weeks away from delivering a daughter. Jiao asks. “I

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NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Sports and Culturally Responsive Teaching My school sits just six miles from the border with Mexico, and many of my students cross that border daily to attend school in the United States. Our students have rich, cultural lives and dynamic insight into their passions.

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JANUARY 9, 2019

I once expressed to the principal my hope that she would be considering teachers of color as candidates for an opening in our English department. When I launched the project in 2016, I was baffled that the culture gaps in our schools weren’t inspiring protests in the streets. They just don’t apply,” she told me resolutely.

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JANUARY 27, 2018

I find myself without strong enthusiasm for the task of writing a conventional set of predictions about education technology in 2018. The most urgent needs of the most vulnerable children in this nation involve other technologies. Many tech companies, of course, also have a culture of over-working.

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JUNE 21, 2021

They have been indoctrinated in a system that leaves them naïve about the meaning of the country’s changing demographics, ill-equipped to address cultural differences, and ultimately unaware of how they are perpetuating the marginalization of students of color.

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MAY 27, 2025

Addressing Systemic Challenges and Supporting Educator Sustainability Last but not least, educators were not only adamant about the systemic challenges of K-12 education, but also expressed ways schools and districts can work to better support the retention of educators in our schools.

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

I teach middle school English Language Arts at St. I also grapple with the cultural obsession with technology. Students don't really know how to comment on each other’s work, and they do not always know what to look for to help their partner create a better paper. Joseph School in Chester County, Pa.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. million English learners in public schools, you’d know the opening line explains that recent data has something interesting to reveal about the U.S.’s percent share of English learners nationwide. percent share of English learners nationwide. s bilingual students.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

To try to better understand this dynamic and fast-changing environment, thousands of entrepreneurs and education leaders from 34 countries gathered here this week for the Global Education Technology Summit. JMDedu's CEO and founder, Diou Zhang, kicking off the Global Education Technology Summit this week.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2024

About Cengage Group and Gale Cengage Group, an education technology company serving millions of learners in 165 countries, advances the way students learn through quality, digital experiences. Starting in January 2025, 36 PD titles by Jimmy Casas from ConnectEDD Publishing will be available on the Gale eBooks platform.

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APRIL 10, 2019

This week, EdSurge sat down with Crow to talk about the new project, and where his efforts fit in the broader landscape of higher education. EdSurge: The college admissions scandal serves as a reminder that there's a cultural narrative that elite higher education is this path that people are willing to go to crazy ends to access.

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JUNE 16, 2022

. – June 16, 2022 – Gale , part of Cengage Group, is thrilled to announce that its Political Extremism and Radicalism series has been named the best Library Reference or Educational Database of 2022 as part of the annual SIIA CODiE Awards. The full list of winning products can be found at: [link]. About Cengage Group and Gale.

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AUGUST 22, 2024

Throughout rural America, non-native English speakers are less likely than their urban peers to get proper support in school, sometimes leading to a lifetime of lower educational attainment. But some rural schools are developing multilingual education strategies to rival those found in urban and suburban districts.

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MARCH 15, 2017

Sometimes when I go to school sites, I'll hear people say, "English, math, science," and then blended learning is its own separate category. I think one of those pieces to start building that culture is to not make professional development an isolated event. . What are your tricks for engagement and culture building?

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JULY 31, 2024

Creating Mirrors and Windows In my English classroom, I strive to offer texts that serve as both mirrors and windows for my students, empowering them to see their own lives reflected in the narratives we read and to gain insights into the experiences of others. Then, I ask students the following questions: Who writes the stories?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2021

To highlight the importance of daily reading during the COVID-19 pandemic, Renaissance , a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, is offering unlimited free access to myON digital books and news articles from February 1–7, 2021. Family scholarly culture and educational success: Books and schooling in 27 nations.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

Below, we’ve gathered some of the latest and most relevant marketplace news to keep you up-to-date on product developments, teaching and learning initiatives, and new trends in education. With Build English Fast , neuroscience-designed software from Scientific Learning Corp. ,

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In 2020, Reading Plus doubled its content library to over 2,500 engaging and diverse selections to provide students with meaningful representation and culturally responsive texts as they grow into global, lifelong learners. For more information, visit www.readingplus.com. *

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APRIL 21, 2021

His career path took him from a K-12 English teacher to doctoral student at Clemson University, then to his current role as a professor of hip-hop at the University of Virginia. It was called “Sketches of My Culture,” and it was an experiment in cultural commentary set to music—West at one point called it “danceable education.”

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This dismissal can lead students to internalize that their cultural background and language are less valuable, causing a ripple effect on their self-esteem and engagement in school. Speaking Arabic and English has allowed me to connect with people from various backgrounds, enhancing my professional network and expanding my job prospects.

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APRIL 4, 2024

million native Spanish speakers making up the vast majority of English language learners (ELLs) in today’s U.S. According to a recent study , conducted by Project Tomorrow, almost two-thirds of teachers reported that using large print text led to faster English acquisition by their students.

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AUGUST 21, 2017

He was motivated, in part, by the September opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture on the Washington Mall, just 30 minutes away from Dominion High. But if you search for designs related to identity, history, or culture,” he says, you find nothing. Autodesk’s comprehensive guide Smithsonian Education.

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MAY 7, 2024

With each move, she had to learn a new language and adjust to a different culture. But more than that, she wants to encourage bilingual students and English language learners the way other teachers did for her. There was a shift in culture and in school. Were there other English language learners in your classes?

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Without that intrinsic personal motivation, it’s hard to reach the levels we expect and hope,” says Parandeh Kia, associate provost for educational technology at the institute. Those who arrive with a love for learning about other people and different cultures are easy to teach, says Sgt. Achievement is not comparable.”

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JANUARY 22, 2025

This student, a recent immigrant from El Salvador, often struggles because of his limited English ability in core subjects like math, reading and science. The arts also help students of different backgrounds and cultures to be celebrated by their peers and teachers. An orchestra of wows erupted from his classmates.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2021

.; and Austin, Texas, were from Arab-majority countries such as Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Lebanon—countries with vastly different historical, cultural and sociopolitical contexts from Afghanistan—what we have learned may be useful to educators eager to welcome newcomers fleeing the fallout of U.S. wars overseas.

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AUGUST 21, 2024

“You can understand someone else's culture, what they celebrate, what they honor and what they believe in, without personally asking. Imagine Learning EL Education is science-backed and heart-driven. Are they culturally relevant for our kids? A teacher uses Imagine Learning EL Education digital products at Pendergast, AZ.

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APRIL 21, 2023

I spend a lot of time thinking about how monolingual teachers can support multilingual students and I am actively searching for ways to reduce the isolation my students experience as they begin learning English, and to build a sense of belonging for students in my classes. My students shifted to English as I uttered words in Spanish.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Students often came into my program from all over the world with limited English language skills in their late teens, which makes them at risk for aging out of earning a traditional high school diploma. I fully support the model and know it works after piloting a competency based learning program for the past few years.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Johnston County educators are confident they will continue to see growth, and they credit Savvas for being part of the “right mix of expertise, resources, and support” that is delivering real results for the district’s students. These are exactly the goals that Adam has tried to achieve through edtech during his 24-year teaching career.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

To highlight the importance of daily reading during the COVID-19 pandemic, Renaissance , a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, is offering unlimited free access to myON digital books and news articles from February 1–7, 2021. Family scholarly culture and educational success: Books and schooling in 27 nations.

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APRIL 1, 2019

Lian had learned to read and write in English while living in Malaysia, where her family waited for two years to immigrate to the U.S., Her determination to speak English, and her hard work in the classroom, has propelled her to membership in the National Honor Society and consideration for several scholarships. and into my classroom.

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JULY 7, 2023

As an English language teacher in an international primary school and a language learner myself, I often think about how many K-12 students in the United States are given the opportunity to study another language in school. population speaks only English as of 2019. The answer? Not enough. Of the small portion of the U.S.

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JANUARY 3, 2019

This article is part of a collection of op-eds from thought leaders, educators and entrepreneurs who reflect on the state of education technology in 2018, and share where it’s headed next year. Could this lead to exploitation of local knowledges through capitalistic agendas such as the commodification of culture?

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