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Choosing Edtech: Three Learnings from Five Districts

Digital Promise

Districts will have access to the nearly $190 billion which the U.S. For example, a product that disseminates instructional materials may be considered successful based on usage data, whereas a product focused on learning interventions or direct instruction may require assessment data evidence to determine success.

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OPINION: School district leaders must make early education a priority, so children enter school prepared

The Hechinger Report

Congress helped relieve some of these negative effects with historic investments, including relief dollars to stabilize existing services and expand service access for the families who needed it most, including frontline workers. Louisiana, for example, used their dollars to serve an additional 16,000 children from birth to age three.

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Broadband Provides More Equitable Access to Education and Workforce Preparation

edWeb.net

Digital learning not only plays a crucial role in preparing today’s students for the jobs of tomorrow, it also has an important role in providing equity and access to education, especially in smaller and remote school districts. Broadband’s Big Picture. Links to Local Learning. This edWeb broadcast was hosted by SETDA and sponsored by ENA.

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When Universal Design Promotes Inclusion of All Students

Edsurge

For teachers, this means providing equal access to educational experiences and ensuring that all students have the support and resources they need to succeed academically, socially and emotionally. For Mulcahy, UDL means “making sure that all of the students have an accessible way to learn.”

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Where Are Quality Instructional Materials for English Language Learners?

MindShift

Usually that means creating PowerPoint presentations full of pictures and “just kind of pulling from here and there,” he said — the Internet, a third grade textbook or a preschool homeschool curriculum from Sam’s Club, for example. But advocates are worried schools might not be able to meet these benchmarks without proper materials.

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The science of reading, beyond phonics

eSchool News

More than 30 states have written legislation that requires schools to utilize scientifically researched instructional strategies. The largest change most states will see as a result is a dramatic increase in explicit phonics instruction. As a result, an increasing number of students will be able to access grade-level texts.

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Kindergarten math is often too basic. Here’s why that’s a problem

The Hechinger Report

Four dots next to a printed number 6, for example, meant that students had to draw in two extra dots — an important precursor to learning addition. We are seeing it close gaps for students, and they are more able to access elementary school math.” When teachers have access to well-aligned materials, students may learn more.