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ED Surge
MARCH 19, 2025
In 2016, I moved to the U.S., hoping to one day become an educator. This entails providing mentorship programs, professional development opportunities and training school leaders to empower immigrant educators and facilitate their integration into the educational landscape.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
The newly released National Education Technology Plan from the U.S. Department of Education aims to highlight that disparity and many other inequities in the use and design of ed tech, as well as access to it. The report also offers ways that those digital divides can be mitigated. “We Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.
ED Surge
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
The plan was first released to fulfill the Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994 and last revised in 2016. January’s update was published alongside guidance concerning the use of technology for helping students with disabilities. There is no shortage of individual teachers doing a wonderful job using technology, Krueger adds.
Digital Promise
OCTOBER 2, 2017
Thanks to the generous support of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Digital Promise and RCSD’s McKinley Institute of Technology (MIT) have been working on a one-to-one Literacy Initiative to support powerful use of technology for learning and address the second level digital divide. About the Literacy Initiative.
ED Surge
AUGUST 9, 2023
When I was hired as a para in 2016, my salary was $27,000 and my bi-weekly paycheck was about $800. Forgotten During Professional Development The work I do as a paraprofessional requires preparation, ongoing support and continued professional development opportunities. During my first year, I was a floating para.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 17, 2017
Privacy and data-security themes are also woven into Raytown’s professional development workshops, curriculum planning sessions and even parent-teacher conferences. It’s become part of our school culture,” said Melissa Tebbenkamp, Raytown’s director of instructional technology.
ED Surge
DECEMBER 8, 2023
A 2016 study of nearly 500 teachers across the country found that less than half had taken a college class focused on teaching writing, while fewer than a third had received training on specifically teaching children how to write. So, how can schools help students overcome these challenges?
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