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7 programs that are transforming education

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. • Cabarrus County Schools (North Carolina) – for using the Middlebury ELL program during an elective class block to supplement regular instruction, helping approximately 100 students a year learn academic English.

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3 things you didn’t know your classroom management software could do

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Whether the student is in a foreign language class, learning English as a second language, or simply learning new words as their literacy develops, a recording can help them spot pronunciation errors they aren’t even aware they’re making as they speak.

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The Secret to Learning Any New Language May Be Your Motivation

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Students are paid to be there, and if they successfully complete their training (testing with more fluency than a typical university graduate who has studied foreign language for four years, according to the institute), they receive bonus pay. It starts with videos that immerse users in English using simple phrases, like name introductions.

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A Surprising Approach to Science Labs for Online Students Boosts Access to STEM Fields

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Institutions are using virtual reality programs to immerse students in laboratory simulations. ASU couldn’t test this theory by delivering chemicals to students who study online. Students work in campus laboratories from 8 a.m. Later, she earned an English degree remotely from ASU with tuition support from a Pell Grant.

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10 Great Virtual Reality Apps

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Google has partnered with leading museums, universities, laboratories, and publishers to develop more than 1,000 VR (and AR) tours. It is available in English, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Japanese, The app is free to get started but includes in-app purchases to enrich the experience.

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All about innovation

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Today, our library makerspace has developed into a 21st century learning laboratory, with funding from grants and through the generosity of individuals and organizations that support our DonorsChoose projects. Librarians are taking the lead in the digital transformation. But it wasn’t always this way.

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Computer science courses still a rarity in California

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Students are almost 20 times as likely to take Advanced Placement English language or literature as they are to take AP computer science. Educators point to other barriers as well: During the last decade, the federal No Child Left Behind standards focused attention on core academic subjects such as math and English.

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