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K-12 learning spaces

By Steven Blackburn

Today, virtual reality devices transport classrooms to the moon and back. On Earth, students complete quizzes while lying on floor mats and build robots at customizable workbenches.

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K12 learning: Keeping Students Safe Every Day

Higher ed tech developers give K12 teachers new insights

Curriculum & Instruction Stories

October 25, 2018

Georgia superintendent wins top educator award for improved student achievement

Noris Price received the Georgia School Superintendents Association’s President Award for her work on student achievement, improvements to Baldwin County School District buildings, and the launch of a Montessori Academy. Superintendent Noris Price of Baldwin County School District has overseen a 10 percent increase in student scores on the College and Career Performance Index and three straight years of […]

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October 24, 2018

Implementation of digital content

Forty-three percent of principals and other district leaders say that digital content is an effective tool for enabling equity, according to a recent report from Project Tomorrow. Here are the most used forms by district type and platform. LINK TO MAIN ARTICLE: K12 summer tech tracks

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October 24, 2018

Cultivating a Positive Assessment Culture

Most current assessment systems rely on generating data in order to identify, sort and label students, as well as educators. But this approach is at odds with what has always been the true purpose of effective assessment, which should instead be to build hope, efficacy and achievement for both learners and educators. In this web […]

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October 24, 2018

K12 summer tech tracks

Startable Pittsburgh fosters local teenagers’ entrepreneurial and maker skills in a free, eight-week summer program that offers two makerspace tracks. The 2018 tracks were fashion and music, while past tracks have included metalworking, woodworking and textiles. Founded by the Innovation Works seed stage investor and its AlphaLab Gear hardware accelerator program, the program maintains a […]

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October 24, 2018

Green girls

Environmental science, STEM, youth development and service stand as the pillars of Green Girls, which is run by New York City’s City Parks Foundation. The five-week course runs year-round in five underserved communities in the city. During the school year, the curriculum focuses on water quality and drinking water, and shifts to the urban forest […]

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October 23, 2018

Blended Professional Learning Transforms Classrooms, Schools, and Districts

How is professional learning changing? We’ve long thought quality professional learning means pulling educators out of class—where they’re needed most. How do we minimize that? With blended professional learning, we maximize fewer face-to-face seminars and implement more robust job-embedded and online coaching. Also, the power of video-based reflection is real, but I imagine more high […]

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October 19, 2018

3 steps to increase the rigor of your K12 assessments

Rigor is increasingly a concern in our schools. We continue to see evidence that our students in all grades are not working at a level that is challenging enough to prepare them for college and careers. However, we often misunderstand the definition of rigor. Rigor requires creating an environment in which each student is expected […]

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