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IXL Approved by Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as a State-Approved Supplemental Literacy Solution for Grades K-5

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/PRNewswire/ — IXL, the award-winning personalized learning platform used by 16 million students, has been named a High Quality Evidence-Based Instructional Material for Early Literacy by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE).

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AI is the solution to costly and ineffective dyslexia programs

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These brief screeners use a sample of disconnected test items that are just as likely to miss a student’s problem areas as to find them. Worse, some screeners do not even test students’ skills. This ignores the language processing differences between typical and exceptional brains. Dyslexia was later proven to be language-based.)

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Standardized Tests Aren’t Going Anywhere. So What Do We Do?

Cult of Pedagogy

Over the last decade or so , we’ve settled into a choreographed dance around large-scale, state-mandated standardized test scores. First, an education leader stands behind a podium with charts and graphs, releases a memo, or otherwise puts the most recent scores out in the world.

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Curriculum includes 10 lessons for digital citizenship

eSchool News

. “We founded the site as a way for students to announce, track and share education details in a safe, social environment, which provides access to opportunities.” Fifty middle and high students participated in the pilot in courses including English Language Arts, Teen Leadership, and Business Essentials.

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Are You a Digital Threat to Your College? Read This to Find Out

Edsurge

million post-secondary educators are at risk of losing their jobs today by performing one single act: Posting on social media. encouraging quotes, questionable photos, or potentially hateful language), there could be consequences for your digital reputation. Board of Education (1968) and Connick v.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

From how to delve into the nuances of student learning and removing the heavy lift of teachers trying to figure out how to individualize instruction, to enabling someone like me to speak in seven languages so that I may express ideas or collaborate with others from around the world, AI holds endless potential.

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Voices at the Center: Asian American Educators Rising

Edsurge

It was hard when nobody really said anything afterwards,” an English teacher remembered, adding that she was shocked that the conversation “just went on to the state-mandated test that was coming up.” These responses—and lack of responses—were deeply troubling to many Asian American educators. We invited participation from all U.S.-based

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