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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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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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They were designed to stretch my limits, to force me to engage deeply with the material rather than skim through a textbook for quick answers. 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.

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Bringing Better STEM Education to the Rural South

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The standards , released in 2013, are based on up-to-date scientific research and aim to give teachers more flexibility when creating learning experiences, yet some schools have been slow to implement the standards due to a lack of funding earmarked for teacher training and textbooks.

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Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Refugee Education Fund Partners with Discovery Education

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As students in Lebanon continue to face multi-faceted challenges with an unprecedented high risk of dropping out of school, this first of its kind partnership between Discovery Education and The Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Refugee Education Fund comes in a timely manner.

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Learning in the Digital Age

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K-12 digital learning holds immense importance in shaping the educational landscape by addressing the diverse needs of students and preparing them for the demands of the 21st century. Embracing digital learning in primary and secondary education offers several compelling advantages as we examine the importance of education in the digital age.

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Inside an Adaptive-Courseware Experiment, Glitches and All

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What the students don’t know is that the course is part of an ambitious experiment that includes community colleges, Maryland’s flagship university, the nonprofit education consultancy. Ithaka S+R , and a group called Transforming Post-Secondary Education in Mathematics , or TPSE Math. The mission?

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