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Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: How School Districts Choose Edtech That’s Culturally Relevant

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As classrooms across America become increasingly diverse, with growing populations of multilingual learners and students from various cultural backgrounds, school districts face a critical challenge: selecting educational technology that truly serves all students. million English learners in K-12 public schools in the fall of 2021, up from 4.6

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A Call to Action: We Must Do Better for Our Children, Our Students

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After the tragic loss of her daughter, Josephine, in the Sandy Hook School shooting, Michele turned her grief into action, dedicating her life’s work to protecting and educating school communities. My youngest daughter, Josephine Grace Gay, was among the 26 children and educators whose lives were taken at Sandy Hook School that day.

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A Call to Action: We Must Do Better for Our Children, Our Students

k12 Digest

After the tragic loss of her daughter, Josephine, in the Sandy Hook School shooting, Michele turned her grief into action, dedicating her lifes work to protecting and educating school communities. As a teacher, I connected with the same love of learning that my family many of whom were educators before me had cherished for generations.

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Empowering neurodiverse learners with AI-driven solutions

eSchool News

This is where AI-powered educational tools step in, not as a replacement for the teacher, but as a skilled accompanist, tuning into each learners individual tempo and helping them find their own melody. At its best, education should recognize and support the unique ways students absorb, process, and respond to information.

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Leveraging AI to help special education teachers

eSchool News

Key points: AI helps reduce workload and pressure on special education staff Enhancing learning through AI and human educators 5 critical priorities for AI in education For more news on AI, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Technology has long been viewed as having the promise to make schools more effective and educators more efficient.

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6 Key Principles That Make Finnish Education a Success

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Our education system is widely considered one of the best, if not the best , in the world. The principles that guide the development of Finland’s national educational system emphasize the school as a learning community. These are called multidisciplinary learning modules. So, what makes Finnish schools consistently excellent?

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AI-Enabled Personal Professional Learning Rural District Grant Winner Announced

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North Carolina based QoreInsights announced winners of their 2024-2025 Grant for Rural Districts where they selected one school to win a free site wide license for unlimited use of their AI-enabled personalized professional learning platform, The Classroom Education Plan© (CEP). The total approximate value of the award is over $10,000.