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Making Math Class Relevant to Real Life

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She is the director of curriculum for NAF, a nonprofit that is trying to make education more career-focused. But how are curriculum publishers responding to this insistence on career readiness? Solving for X Some curriculum publishers say they recognize the weight of the problem.

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Digital learning is different

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Instead of looking at each new technology as a tool that must be integrated in the curriculum, why not determine what is missing from current instruction and identify what prevents integration from occurring naturally? Why do school districts feel the need to ‘reinvent the wheel’ every time a new technology is released?

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What to know about the newest cyberattack strategy putting K-12 schools at risk

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Cybersecurity monitoring and rapid response Most education institutions and systems are already scrimping to provide basic student materials and keep up with textbook updates. Crack IT teams and in-house cybersecurity infrastructure are rarely part of the program.

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Disrupting U.S. schools wasn’t possible before–that may be changing

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Consider that even just 15 years ago, the dominant curriculum companies were clear: McGraw-Hill, Pearson, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH). All textbook companies. Fast forward, and digital-native companies have been disrupting the staid and supposedly impenetrable market of textbooks. public schools at the time.

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Why I Believe We Need to Redesign Schools Around Decision-Making

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While students don’t make every decision and still participate in teacher-driven parts of the day, what’s different in our design is that the school curriculum pushes them to explore three questions: “What do I want to learn?”; “When and how will I learn it?”; and “Is my learning the right level of challenge?”

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ProEd Global School: Empowering Young Minds Through Inclusive Global Education and Future-Ready Learning

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This philosophy is embedded in the British Curriculum, which offers both structure and flexibility. ProEd Global School blends this rigorous curriculum with personalized support, ensuring that every learner gets the guidance they need to thrive, not just survive in the classroom. “Our goal is to help them define it on their own terms.”

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Why Giving My Students More Choice Was the Most Punk Rock Thing I Could Do

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Of course, as a teacher, I know now that some of the answer lies in state standards and curriculum, but there is still room for choice and understanding in what our students learn and how they demonstrate that learning. Some said yes, or gave textbook answers such as, “So we can be successful in high school,” or “to grow our brains.”