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Learning Through Play Is Powerful – and Students and Teachers Agree!

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A new survey of K-8 teachers and students from LEGO Education found that nearly all (98%) of students say purposeful play helps them learn and the majority (96%) of teachers believe it’s more effective than traditional methods like lectures or textbooks.

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Opportunities in failing: Why K-12 education needs more productive struggle

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The homework was intentionally challenging, often requiring problem-solving beyond what was covered in lectures. This experience stood in stark contrast to my K-12 education, where everything was graded, and the expectation was to get as many correct answers as possible. It was assumed that students would struggle.

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How Colleges Can Help Educate the 40-Million-Plus Newly Unemployed

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Before joining JFF, Lexi spent nearly a decade in public service at the federal level, including working on Capitol Hill for six years, and serving as a policy advisor to the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education. Listen to the conversation below, or read highlights below.

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Inside an Adaptive-Courseware Experiment, Glitches and All

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In fact, he predicted that the changes he’s experimenting with this semester might be jarring to students accustomed to lecture classes. His course expects a “new workflow,” he explains, since it uses adaptive courseware software, as well as a flipped classroom model where lectures are replaced with the interactive material.

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SEL Can Help Special Educators Address Rapidly Evolving Remote Learning Requirements

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For example, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education instituted a three-phase plan to support schools during remote learning. is Executive Director and Chief Scientist at EdTogether and an Adjunct Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Christina Cipriano, Ph.D.,

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With Instagram and ePortfolios, This Teaching Fellow Uses Tech to Support Literacy ?

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Teachers are learners, too” was one of the key messages for this year’s cohort of HP Teaching Fellows—26 primary and secondary educators who demonstrate powerful teaching and learning with technology. The vulnerability that I'm showing my students has created an amazing turnaround in the kind of work they're willing to give me.

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Pros & Cons of Online High School Programs

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An online high school is an accredited academic institution that delivers secondary education entirely through digital means. Asynchronous Learning: Students access recorded lectures, complete assignments at their own pace, and submit work within flexible deadlines. This model emphasizes independence and time management.