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Over 2,600 Educational Institutions Including 32 State Departments of Education Purchased or Renewed Licenses for Lexia Aspire or Lexia LETRS Professional Learning Courses in 2024

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DECEMBER 27, 2024

BOSTON In 2024, more than 2,600 districts, schools, and state departments purchased or renewed licenses to Lexia Aspire Professional Learning or the Lexia LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) professional learning programs. For more information, visit www.lexialearning.com.

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CZI Announces Expanded Work in AI Along with New Advisory Board

eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Alongside these new private beta tools, CZI also announced the appointment of a new advisory board that includes experts in schools, data privacy, artificial intelligence, education technology, and learning science. They also worked with English Language Arts experts from The Achievement Network and Gradient Learning to assess the dataset.

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AI and Writing Essays: Pros and Cons, How Will Students Learn to Write if an AI Writes It for Them?

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APRIL 30, 2024

In the fast-changing digital world, integrating AI into education is both a breakthrough and a problem. AI algorithms use massive datasets and natural language processing to produce content that replicates student writing styles as teaching tools. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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NoRedInk and the National Writing Project Partner to Inspire the Next Generation of Writers in the Age of Gen AI

eSchool News

APRIL 9, 2025

The partners will establish a collaborative online community where educators can share best practices and access resources, including a free version of NoRedInks comprehensive writing platform. Founded in 2012 by a high school English teacher, NoRedInk is led by an experienced team of educators, technologists, and language evangelists.

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Why Music Education is Important for Children To Learn

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AUGUST 2, 2021

Read on to see why music education needs to play a vital role in children throughout their educational development. MUSIC EDUCATION & STUDENT LEARNING. Also, the music lyrics, or words, help with language development, stimulating the brain, exposing students to massive vocabulary in short periods.

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The Best Edtech for Students Is Backed by Research. Here’s What to Look For.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

As researchers focusing on education technology, we see this often: interactive whiteboards covered in posters, desktop computers holding up plants, older devices that do not work with a newer assessment system. The list goes on.

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Teachers Feel the Strain of Politics. Can Better Political Engagement Help?

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Along with a rise in Holocaust denialism — fueled by misinformation, along with poor knowledge of the history — researchers have noted that disagreements over curriculum, book bans and politically contentious issues have ratcheted up the pressure on educators. But just in skin tone, not in thinking, not in curricula,” he says.

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Social-Emotional Learning Matters. for Students AND Teachers

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

At the same time, she’s looking over scripted SEL curriculum about emotional regulation. Of course, no matter what the script says, her young students—who pick up more from body language and tone than from the meaning of words—are learning that emotional regulation means stuffing down your emotions and shutting yourself off from others.

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Twig Education Launches Twig Science Next Gen for Middle School

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

For Twig Science Next Gen, Twig partnered with some of the most highly respected organizations in the worlds of science and engineering education. Twig CEO Catherine Cahn said, “We’re so excited to bring this innovative, modern curriculum to middle school students across the country.

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Challenging Implicit Linguistic Biases in Teaching and Learning Across Disciplines Through Student-Faculty Partnerships

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Keywords: Student partnerships, Asset-Based Mindset, Language Resources Introduction In educational contexts, English is often privileged as the language of communication and instruction. Relevant and meaningful feedback on writing may vary between cultures, as language is also inextricably tied to culture.

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How AI Can Address Critical Challenges Facing Higher Education

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MARCH 29, 2024

AI is going to transform every aspect of higher education and the student journey. How students engage with their professors, the methods used to evaluate learning and retention and course curriculum design will all be influenced by the opportunities and challenges posed by AI.

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Riverside Insights Launches New CogAT® Interactive Dashboard to Champion Educational Equity

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Championing an equitable education strategy demands balancing the needs and abilities of diverse students across varying local contexts. Navigating this complex spectrum requires the right data and tools to help educators develop a nuanced perspective of student potential.

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Learning and Playing and Why Both Matter for Teachers

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

In general, research shows strong links between creative play and language, physical, cognitive, and social development. Department of Education, Newfoundland Labrador. Stackup is also being considered for a Google Education Development partnership. Friedrich Froebel. Play is a healthy, essential part of childhood.

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From Reflection to Transformation: Embedding Antiracism into Everyday Practice

k12 Digest

MAY 21, 2025

Daman Harris is an award-winning education leader committed to equity, instructional leadership, and educator development. He co-founded and co-directs the BOND Project, a nonprofit supporting the recruitment and retention of male educators of color. Who is left out? Are we reinforcing or disrupting inequity?

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From Reflection to Transformation: Embedding Antiracism into Everyday Practice

k12 Digest

MAY 21, 2025

Daman Harris is an award-winning education leader committed to equity, instructional leadership, and educator development. He co-founded and co-directs the BOND Project, a nonprofit supporting the recruitment and retention of male educators of color. Who is left out? Are we reinforcing or disrupting inequity?

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Why We Need to Talk About Teacher Trauma

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APRIL 1, 2022

“We need to talk about the trauma of teaching through a pandemic,” urges Christopher Bowen, a STEM curriculum specialist for Johnson City Schools in Tennessee. Having the Language The extended and devastating consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have reached nearly every person around the world.

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Over 2,600 Educational Institutions Including 32 State Departments of Education Purchased or Renewed Licenses for Lexia Aspire or Lexia LETRS Professional Learning Courses in 2024

CZI Announces Expanded Work in AI Along with New Advisory Board

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Teachers Feel the Strain of Politics. Can Better Political Engagement Help?

Social-Emotional Learning Matters. for Students AND Teachers

Twig Education Launches Twig Science Next Gen for Middle School

Challenging Implicit Linguistic Biases in Teaching and Learning Across Disciplines Through Student-Faculty Partnerships

How AI Can Address Critical Challenges Facing Higher Education

Riverside Insights Launches New CogAT® Interactive Dashboard to Champion Educational Equity

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From Reflection to Transformation: Embedding Antiracism into Everyday Practice

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