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Better Know a District Superintendent: Dr. Philip Hickman’s $800K Textbook-for-Technology Swap

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He then went on to study school psychology and special education in graduate school. When I first started, on July 28, 2014, the superintendent before me had ordered close to a million dollars’ worth of textbooks. At my first board meeting, I said that we have to take back all these textbooks.

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5 ways Quizlet helped increase test scores and morale in my classroom

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While textbook readings and worksheets are certainly an important part of the educational landscape, I’ve found that some of the most effective learning in my classroom occurs when we meet students where they already are: on their screens.

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Toolkit outlines steps for ensuring accessibility

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Let developers and publishers know that you expect digital textbooks, resources, and learning materials to be built according to industry accessibility standards and ensure that this language is included in all vendor contracts. Make reviewing for accessibility an integral part of your purchasing and procurement of new technologies.

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IXL and Fayette County Public Schools Partner to Boost Academic Achievement and Personalize Learning for All Students

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Fayette County Public Schools strives to provide a world-class education and positive learning environment to more than 40,000 students from the Lexington area. The district highly values IXL Analytics because it provides educators with data that allows them to track student achievement across schools and identify any gaps in knowledge.

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College Students Are Doing Less Homework. Should Instructors Change How They Assign It?

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That kind of assignment feels more purposeful than completing a worksheet or answering questions from a textbook, she says. Instructors need to show their students how an assignment will help them grow, says Darren Minarik, an associate professor at Radford University focused on special education and social studies education. “Not

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Is 2023 the year of the microschool?

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Their media-rich content presentations engage more than just the “bookish” children in a class; and they beat static textbooks hands down at providing students with basic feedback and adapting learning pathways based on their needs. Online instructional materials have come a long way from the McGuffey Readers of the late 1800s.

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How Teachers Are Taking Lessons Learned From Virtual School Back to the Classroom

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McCray says, “I have information about the Punic Wars and Hannibal that’s not available in the textbook. A major concern of educators, parents and students during virtual learning was the potential for missing interpersonal connections. This is especially valuable for content that’s not available in other digital resources.

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