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Dog Man vs. To Kill a Mockingbird

eSchool News

Key points: Encouraging reading is a top priority, no matter how the material is presented Boycotting book fairs no more Science teachers, math teachers, history teachers–we’re all reading teachers For more news on literacy, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub I love a good classic. After all, I named my son Holden. But the definition of a classic in literature may be changing.

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Will AI Shrink Disparities in Schools, or Widen Them?

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For the past couple of years, unrelenting change has come fast. Even while schools are stuck dealing with deep challenges, COVID-19 pandemic relief funding is running its course. Meanwhile, new technologies seem to flow out in an unstoppable stream. These often have consequences in education, from an increase in cheating on assignments enabled by prose-spewing chatbots, to experiments that bring AI into classrooms as teaching assistants or even as students.

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Bipartisan coalition issues call to cut chronic absenteeism in half as kids continue to miss school

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This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. From poor reading skills to chaotic classrooms, the stubbornly high rate at which kids are absent from school makes it harder to solve every other problem in education. That’s made improving attendance a rare point of bipartisan agreement. A new coalition announced a campaign on Wednesday calling on schools to cut their chronic absenteeism rates in half from the 2021-22 school year, when rates

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Here’s How to Get Started with Ask a Tech Teacher

Ask a Tech Teacher

Hello! Ask a Tech Teacher is a group of tech ed professionals who work together to offer you tech tips, advice, pedagogic discussion, lesson plans, and anything else we can think of to help you integrate tech into your classroom. Our primary focus is to provide technology-in-education-related information for educators–teachers, administrators, homeschoolers, and parents.

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How Generative AI Improves Parent Engagement in K–12 Schools

EdTech Magazine

When it comes to student success, parent engagement is an often overlooked but key contributor. Decades of research, including Henderson and Mapp’s often-cited “A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement,” affirm the importance of parent engagement, which leads to students being more likely to attend school, avoid disciplinary issues, achieve better grades and ultimately graduate.

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Electude, the leader in automotive and truck e-learning, announces the release of Heavy Vehicle Classroom!

eSchool News

BRAINTREE, Mass. (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Electude North America is pleased to announce the release of Heavy Vehicle Classroom, its expanded solution for heavy vehicle technology education. Electude is recognized as a global leader in e-learning for automotive technology. Electude has been developing new heavy vehicle learning materials for the last several years, culminating in the release of Heavy Vehicle Classroom.

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Zero Trust Makes K–12 Schools More Cyber Resilient

EdTech Magazine

K–12 schools expend a lot of resources to prevent cybersecurity breaches. Implementing effective security measures and training users on proper cyber hygiene is a good start to keeping attackers away from valuable student data. But all it takes is one person clicking on the wrong link for attackers to find a way to breach a school’s defenses. This is when cyber resilience — the ability to prepare for, respond to and recover from cyberthreats and incidents — becomes critical.

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Creating a Sensory Friendly Classroom for Students with Autism

Model Teaching

Unpack the principles and practices of sensory-friendly classrooms designed to support your prek-12 students with autism. Discover how small adjustments can make a significant impact in your prek-12 classroom! Explore practical tips, evidence-based insights, and relatable scenarios that will help you gain better insight on how best to support your students with autism.