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Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: How School Districts Choose Edtech That’s Culturally Relevant

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Districts must get buy-in from a multidisciplinary team, including a family representative, on a shared, inclusive technology vision, and develop a strategic implementation plan before selecting tools.” After you’ve completed the assessments, discuss your strengths and challenges, prioritize key areas and determine goals.

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Empowering neurodiverse learners with AI-driven solutions

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This is where AI-powered educational tools step in, not as a replacement for the teacher, but as a skilled accompanist, tuning into each learners individual tempo and helping them find their own melody. For them, learning can feel like trying to play an instrument that was never built for them.

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New diagnostic tool measures reading skills, targets success

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Designed for administration in the fall, winter, and spring, RAPID uses a computer-adaptive process to identify and monitor reading and language skills so that teachers can quickly acquire actionable data for instruction and measure the long-term growth of each student’s skills.

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Coding and robotics programs are engaging learners worldwide

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On a visit to a class in Sitka, Alaska, we watched second grade students gain incredible experiences in computer science skills. These experiences provide the opportunity to teach STEM in a multidisciplinary way, with a hands-on approach, which also happens to be engaging and fun.

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3 teacher-vetted edtech resources for cross-curricular lessons

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“Cross-subject studies enhance critical thinking skills,” says Karen Smith, a 30-year ELA veteran and instructional coach for Maryland Public Schools. Educators who teach and promote literacy skills in social studies classrooms enhance skills in all classes–not just for social studies and ELA.”

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6 Key Principles That Make Finnish Education a Success

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These principles include the following: Transversal Skills The new core curriculum places an emphasis on transversal competencies within instruction. What are transversal skills? A changing society demands more and more transversal skills and competencies, so teachers in each subject promote them.

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3 ways to strategically incorporate creativity in schools

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School leaders are tasked with this expectation in order to prepare our students for the demands of 21 st century workforce skills. To assist in this effort, we looked at many professional learning programs, and all of the models have teacher engagement in a hands-on multidisciplinary approach. But how can this be accomplished?