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How Can Technology Help Improve Teaching Efficacy in a Classroom?

Kitaboo on EdTech

At a time when learning is getting more personalized for each student, there is added pressure on teachers to deliver against the odds. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a sudden shift towards online learning not leaving teachers and students enough time to adapt to the new platform and technology.

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Will the students who didn’t show up for online class this spring go missing forever?

The Hechinger Report

Poor internet, a lack of laptops and hotspots, and instability at home are the factors most commonly cited for making participation in online learning difficult for kids. For them, there’s no substitute for in-person learning, “So, they’re not going to respond to anything or even log in,” Choudhury said.

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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

The Hechinger Report

In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning. In August 2020, they launched a “Tech Check” survey to collect that data. By May 2021, the campaign had accounted for roughly 70 percent of all Oakland public school students through the survey.

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Is the new education reform hiding in plain sight?

The Hechinger Report

Their changed view — and that of others who shunned Rogers and now want in — is driven by what seems to be a magic educational elixir: personalized learning. Philanthropists, state education officials, reform advocates — even charter school leaders — are examining personalized learning. What can that look like?

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She has ‘the heart of a nurse,’ but can she overcome obstacles to her degree?

The Hechinger Report

Hernandez, a 33-year-old mother of four and high school dropout, had already overcome an array of obstacles on her nearly five-year journey. “No Last spring, Hernandez passed both the midterm and final that she and many other students had missed in March when the school shut down in-person learning.

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Pods live on: School districts are using the pandemic-era invention to help kids recover from ‘learning loss’

The Hechinger Report

Related: Communities hit hardest by the pandemic, already struggling, could face a dropout cliff. Proponents of pods are encouraged by student survey results and other data to date. She plans to stick with her “beautiful” kids and see them through graduation. They’ve been through a lot,” said Rubio. They need a mentor.”.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

In our community’s next webinar, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center will share the results from Learning at Home: Families’ Educational Media Use in America, a report from a national survey of over 1500 parents of children ages 2-10. The NEA shared this article that discusses nation-wide efforts to re-engage high school dropouts.

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