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Why experts say now is the time to assess your district’s edtech use

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Making tough choices Later this year, the final round of federal pandemic funding, known as Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER), will expire, leaving school budgets uncertain in many districts. Funds they have come to rely on for staffing and technology will end in September if not allotted.

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Clark County School District Gives Educators in 241 Elementary Schools Access to Lexia’s LETRS Professional Learning

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BOSTON – Clark County School District (CCSD) in Nevada, has made Lexia LETRS ® (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) professional learning programs available to most elementary schools in the district with a plan to continue expanding the program to additional elementary and early childhood teachers and administrators.

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In 2024, education will build systems that champion the science of reading

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In the coming year, that broad trend will continue, with a shift to looking beyond knowledge building as schools, districts, and states begin improving capacity and creating systems aligned to the science of reading. No curriculum, however, is the science of reading, and I believe schools and districts are beginning to understand this.

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The Health of Our Education System Is Revealed By How It Treats Its Teachers

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Maybe to assess the health and character of our education system we should look at how our teachers are treated and how they are feeling. Because our teachers, our support professionals and our school leaders are suffering. Changing the System Teachers are burned out and principals are burned out.

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5 things you need to know about the science of reading

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But how are we addressing the ways that the system has failed our secondary students when they first learned to read? Here’s how a middle school ELA teacher is learning to support the students in her class who were passed along without receiving the literacy instruction they needed.

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Transforming Reading Instruction to Include the Science of Reading

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A panel of educators and experts who have firsthand experience with the process of transforming reading instruction discussed this transformation process as well as the lessons they’ve learned. In a similar way, progress monitoring without over-assessing is crucial for the continued evaluation of student achievement.

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Crunch the Numbers—EdTech Data You Can Use Right Now

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K-12 assessment and research organization NWEA recently released results of a yearlong study examining the effectiveness of a reading fluency intervention targeting struggling middle school readers from historically marginalized populations or those living in poverty. school district in 2022-23.

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