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Explicit instruction: Students need more of it

eSchool News

As a progressive educator in New York City for 30 years, I thought I had all the answers. The best teaching had to do with inquiry, with higher-level thinking, with student-centered project-based learning. But if you are not effectively teaching the students who struggle most, you are perpetuating educational inequity.

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4 things innovative districts do to improve graduation rates

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Conventional wisdom around when and where students learn, what knowledge they need to be successful, and who they are as learners is all rapidly changing, especially as technology becomes more prevalent in classrooms. Learning can happen anytime, anywhere. Geographic and socio-economic factors no longer have to be barriers to learning.

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Sensory spaces may help support all students

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The availability of this funding, along with the complex trauma issues brought on by the pandemic–including social isolation, depression and generalized anxiety–have prompted educators to increase their focus on the importance of social-emotional learning (SEL) to address all students’ needs.

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With a Virtual Reality Assist, Video Games Get K–12 Students Moving

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Video Games as Physical Education. Jim Romano, Valley Day’s Health and Physical Education instructor, said the immersive VR setup transforms PE class into a “life-size video game” for the students. . VR Exercise Games Tackle Obesity and Aid the Disabled. Help is on the way, however, from an unlikely source.

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How Online PD Eased A New York District’s Transition to Remote Learning

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Through their work, Murphy and his team discovered that online learning solved many of their PD challenges, and allowed them to quickly build capacity for remote learning. So, they searched for providers and ultimately chose OTIS for Educators , a state-approved online professional development platform aligned to ISTE standards.

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When It Comes to Picking Edtech, Are Schools Listening to Teachers?

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As we started asking educators, administrators and experts about the issue as part of an investigation into how teachers inform the development of edtech products , everyone agreed: teacher voice should be part of edtech decisions. Take physical education, for instance. So what explains the disconnect?

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Editor’s Picks 2015, No. four: 4 things innovative districts do to improve graduation rates

eSchool News

Conventional wisdom around when and where students learn, what knowledge they need to be successful, and who they are as learners is all rapidly changing, especially as technology becomes more prevalent in classrooms. Learning can happen anytime, anywhere. Geographic and socio-economic factors no longer have to be barriers to learning.