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Digital learning in a new age

eSchool News

These learning options can transform education because they allow for learning, teaching, and student engagement outside the confines of traditional physical schools. Digital learning meets the needs of today’s students, who are seeking flexibility in their scheduling.

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💡🧲 Physics! Meet our Top Physics Tutors & Discover Curriculum for Kids

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As the workforce continues to evolve toward technology, energy, and engineering fields, physics provides essential knowledge for future jobs in aerospace, robotics, data science, and clean tech. Even for students who do not pursue STEM careers, physics fosters a flexible, problem-solving mindset that is useful in any field.

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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. What students–especially struggling students–also need is teacher-directed explicit instruction.

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Problem-based learning helped boost my underserved students’ engagement

eSchool News

As educators, our charge is to impart knowledge onto our students, open new doors for them, and encourage them to stretch beyond their comfort zones. As a physical education teacher in an underserved community, finding ways to connect with my classes during the pandemic and a time of remote learning was challenging.

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5 models that prioritize learner-centered education

eSchool News

When students reach high school, research shows that close to 66 percent of students are disengaged. When students reach high school, research shows that close to 66 percent of students are disengaged. The typical day of an Iowa BIG learner is half conventional and half learner-centered.

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4 things innovative districts do to improve graduation rates

eSchool News

As the skills expected of today’s graduates change rapidly, school districts have to overhaul their thinking on what it means to be “college and career ready.” We rounded up some best practices League members use to ensure students stay in school, get their degrees, and are prepared for success in their post-secondary endeavors.

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Envisioning the personalized edtech of tomorrow

eSchool News

To create a business model that is highly customizable and capable of finding and pursuing demand, edtech companies must build a data-driven ecosystem that can accompany learners through every stage of their lives—from preschool through high school and throughout their professional lives, leisure time and retirement.