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The Next Social Contract for Public Education Needs New Terms of Service

Doug Levin

As parents, we entrust our children to the public education system in the belief that the decisions made by educators, administrators, and policymakers are in the best interests of our children. Four, we must ensure that all instructional materials – no matter their form or medium – remain available for public inspection and review.

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3 Tips for Easily Implementing Social-Emotional Learning – by John Gamba

ViewSonic Education

In one recent survey by vaunted education publisher McGraw-Hill, 93 percent of teachers equated social-emotional learning with academic learning in terms of overall importance. Sixty-three percent said the use of video helped increase the relevancy and quality of instructional materials.

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Twelve Years Later: What’s Really Changed in the K-12 Sector? (Part 1)

Edsurge

At the time, Wireless Generation was expanding from its roots in K-3 reading assessment into new areas: intervention, professional development, and data systems. The State of the K-12 Sector The edtech boom of the past two decades promised efficacy and new instructional models. I’d recently moved to Washington, D.C.