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Austin Independent School District Selects IXL to Support Classroom Instruction and Distance Learning

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IXL Learning , the K-12 personalized learning platform used by 11 million students, today announced a three-year agreement with Austin Independent School District to bring its adaptive software to approximately 70,000 students. Austin ISD is the fifth-largest school district in Texas and serves a diverse student body.

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How Student Agency Can Ease the Pain of Remote Learning and Teaching

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For those who can, it’s become abundantly clear that grades alone are insufficient to motivate learning. According to Rocky Bragg, a high school English teacher in the district, this policy has created some havoc.

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Understanding why students cheat and use AI: Insights for meaningful assessments

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Students, especially in the middle and high school years, have more opportunities than ever to cheat using AI tools, such as writing assistants or even text generators. Retrieved from [link] National Center on Educational Outcomes. National Center on Educational Outcomes. Formative assessment can provide the answer.

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Rosetta Stone Announces Winners of the Emergent Bilingual Educators of the Year Award Program

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A total of $20,000 in grant donations and $75,000 in subscriptions to the Rosetta Stone® English for Education language learning program were awarded to teachers of English learners (EL). Anastacio Marin, assistant principal at Chamblee Charter High School in Virginia won for spearheading programs for ELL students and their families.

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The Summer of COVID-19 Presents a Unique Opportunity for Education Companies

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Erin Borgstrom, a science teacher at New West Charter High School in Los Angeles, has already started making plans for new curricula she’ll finish up over the summer. Highlight the reward : Educators will spend a good amount of time learning something new if it has a clear and measurable reward.

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COVID-19 Forces Science Labs Online and in Homes

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Among the new colleges Science Interactive has served, some already planned to introduce distance-learning options for students, while others only explored the option after their campus shut down, Loomer says. Labster expects to lose money getting so many schools online. Not every college in the system has jumped onboard.

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37 predictions about edtech’s impact in 2023

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College is our country’s post-high school default, and it doesn’t have to be. Technology investments must have documented plans for impacting teaching and learning outcomes, and companies that cannot provide evidence and support with documenting impact will get left behind. –Joy Smithson, Ph.D.,

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