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Wow! This inquiry-based, technology-rich school has no tech staff

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We are a diverse urban learning community, where our families speak 23 different languages. In my second year, in an effort to get technology into the hands of the students, foster authentic inquiry, and break the “test-prep” mentality which has come to dominate many a school landscape, I launched Inquiry Fair.

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Twig Science Nevada Approved for Statewide Use

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Tools designed to support student agency and voice and promote inclusion, diversity, and equity. Twig Education is an award-winning STEM publishing company providing digital and print resources to more than 60 countries and in 20 different languages. Twig Science is my pixie dust,” said Julie, a 4th grade teacher. “It

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The Best Edtech for Students Is Backed by Research. Here’s What to Look For.

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Random assignment is intended to ensure the treatment and comparison groups are the same along both measurable characteristics such as test scores as well as unmeasured characteristics such as motivation to learn. This could mean that the groups of students have similar scores on a state test or a pretest relevant to the study.

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Lexia Celebrates 40th Anniversary 

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Nevertheless, in the year following its founding, Lexia won a major grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to fund product research, design, and development. Among those strategic milestones was first joining with language learning system creator Rosetta Stone Inc.

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Why the Littlest Learners Deserve the Most Attention—and Money

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And how can an AI-enhanced robot help toddlers improve language skills? Shonkoff argued that breakthroughs in other medical fields offer inspiration for how early-childhood research can be more effective. Can a pacifier accurately monitor children’s neurodevelopment, based on their sucking patterns? 27-28, 2018.

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