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Why Districts Are Turning to Esports to Reach More Learners

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Programs like this open new doors for students who don’t always see themselves represented in traditional extracurriculars, especially girls, multilingual learners and students with disabilities. Confidence: English Language learners improve through hands-on projects. Collaboration: Teams build shared purpose and community.

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Trimming the Edtech Fat: How Districts Are Streamlining Their Digital Ecosystems

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Cot, assistant director of educational technology for the Massachusetts education department. Kyle Berger, chief technology officer, Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District, Texas. Reflection grounded in evidence, equity, and community voice is what many hope defines the next era of educational technology.

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‘School Choice’ Causes Confusion for Families. Can Edtech Companies Help?

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Hayley Leibson, a mother from Mill Valley, a wealthy area just north of San Francisco, started hunting for a language-immersion child care program when her son was 8 months old. “I Board of Education. I thought I was really early,” Leibson says, noting that her son wasn’t going to attend until he turned 2.

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Data Shows More Discipline, Less College Prep for Students With Disabilities

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Roughly 1 out of every 7 children in public school has an identified disability, according to a recent analysis, but both traditional public and charter schools have a long way to go to provide equal opportunities for those students — which they have the right to receive.

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How Monolingual Teachers Can Support English Language Acquisition for Multilingual Learners

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She wanted me to know that although she could not yet speak English, she felt confident as a learner in her first language. Research shows that students who are classified as English language learners may be perceived by teachers as less capable than their non-ELL peers. It’s so important that Esther spoke up about this.

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A virtual reality, AI-boosted system helps students with autism improve social skills

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For more than a decade, University of Kansas researchers have been developing a virtual reality system to help students with disabilities, especially those with autism spectrum disorder, to learn, practice and improve social skills they need in a typical school day. Right now, the closest we can come to that is training peers.

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Why the Future of Work Needs a Shared Language to Describe Skills

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In less than 12 months, the network has built an impressive coalition of 530 employers, educational institutions and technology providers all focused on ensuring that American workers have the skills and talent to thrive within a labor market aligned on common standards and language.

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