Political Science Now

MARCH 18, 2025

The APSA Diversity and Inclusion Advancing Research Grant supports the advancement of research goals and professional development of early career political science scholars. The grant will award scholars whose research areas focus on one of the following target research areas. Applications are due May 6, 2025. Apply Now !

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Edthena

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The push vs. pull of professional development. But you’ve likely attended professional development sessions that felt like a slog. In this ASCD article, professional learning expert Jim Knight talks about how to create momentum in PD with the analogy of a car. Remedies for teacher stress do exist.

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TCI

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

State Evaluations Reveal Gaps in Civics Education In 2021, The Thomas B. Usability and Teacher Support: The materials are well-organized, properly paced, and accompanied by robust professional development resources. Fordham Institute evaluated the state-of-state standards for civics and history across all fifty states.

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Edthena

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

It also means ensuring staff have adequate time and professional development to effectively engage and support families, the CRPE paper said. Teacher professional development is often overwhelmed with multiple, competing initiatives. Are you a coach thinking about relationship-building with teachers? Planning PD?

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Now that the firestorm has passed, some say the initial judgments were too harsh: The percentage of students enrolled in math classes in San Francisco beyond Algebra II increased from 2018 to 2021, according to data recently highlighted by detracking advocate Kentaro Iwasaki, founder of Concentric Math.

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Edthena

AUGUST 25, 2021

School leaders, have you modernized the way you provide professional development and resources for teachers? And here’s more about student engagement in virtual learning from Doug Fisher. A New Era for Adult Learning. Adult learning is evolving, from moving to digital models and conferring micro-credentials.

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Edthena

JULY 22, 2021

J]ust as there is a new appreciation for the professional development educators need to deliver effective instruction in various modalities—virtual, in-person, hybrid—there is also greater recognition of the need to embed parental engagement PD into induction programs.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

As teachers develop lesson plans, they also face lingering questions, in Maine and nationally, over the possibility of a return to remote learning and concerns about ensuring all students have access to the devices and high-quality broadband they need to do classwork and homework. 18, 2021, in Brunswick, Maine.

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Digital Promise

MAY 27, 2021

The Digital Equity Checklist is largely informed by how League of Innovative Schools districts like Rowan-Salisbury Schools and Lakota Local Schools approached hybrid and distance learning during the 2020-2021 school year. Professional Development. Communication & Engagement. Teaching & Learning.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2020

Coaches reported that they provided significant support in ensuring learning continuity during school closures by providing teachers with professional development (PD) on effective practices, strategies, and technology tools for transitioning to online instruction. Preparing for the new school year.

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ED Surge

MAY 23, 2022

Putting the ‘Person’ in Personal Learning Networks While educators building communities to learn and share ideas isn’t new, today’s personal learning networks (PLNs) offer educators the chance to hone their focus and build their practice in specific areas of professional development.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

How satisfied are teachers with professional development, micro-credentials, and coaching as mechanisms to support their use of technology in their practice? It addresses the following questions: What do teachers think they need to know and do to effectively integrate technology into their practice?

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Digital Promise

APRIL 20, 2021

And then there is the 2020–2021 school year, where nothing is normal, and we have had five “first days of school.” All professional development sessions were recorded or planned as asynchronous sessions. Finally, we broke it all down for teachers to work through in multiple professional development sessions.

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Michelle Wood

MAY 31, 2021

NGPF also has AMAZING professional development with lots of swag when you reach various levels!! The post 2021 AP Testing is Done! They’ve also included assessments, if you want to go that route. You will need to create a teacher account to get access to the answer keys. Whatever you decide to do, have fun!

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Economics Professional Development Teaching Education 52

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 30, 2024

First, public preschool programs need to update their lists of approved curricula, based on evidence, to clearly identify those that improve young children’s learning and development. Third, tightly linking curricula to teacher professional development and coaching is required for effective implementation.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 13, 2021

These benefits are widely recognized by educators; Promethean’s 2021/22 State of Technology in Education report found that SEL is the top priority for schools across the country. But some respondents noted that “any professional development for technology is the barest it can be to save time and money.”

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 12, 2021

Nearly 250 Title I middle and high schools from 50 districts across the country are joining the program in 2021, bringing the total number of schools impacted to 511. As another school year begins, the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools (VILS) initiative is excited to welcome its largest cohort ever.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 11, 2023

And in the edtech world, normal meant more ed and less tech than in 2020 and 2021. Dozens of companies raised venture funding at equal or lesser values —“down rounds”— compared to rounds raised during the pandemic-induced edtech boom of 2020 and 2021. Not financially—edtech funding is down from 2021 to 2022 —but geographically.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 1, 2021

The program, which reached 264 schools in the 2020–2021 school year, also provides extensive professional development to teachers that supports powerful teaching and learning.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 31, 2021

Some events might also offer professional development for educators attending. Remake Learning Days events are celebrations—settings where young people can develop their sense of creativity, perseverance, and curiosity. Host an event if you are in one of the 17 RLDAA regions for 2021. Attend an event.

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ED Surge

APRIL 20, 2023

That shot up to 50 percent at the beginning of the 2021-22 school year, when many districts were still giving remote instruction. That surged to a whopping 64 percent at the start of the 2021-22 school year, though it fell to 61 percent in fall 2022. Data visualization by Nadia Tamez-Robledo. What Does the Data Say?

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Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2021

Edtech and Professional Development. Provide high-quality teacher professional development in selecting and using edtech that is inclusive of all learners and encourage teacher input and ownership of the edtech they use in their classrooms.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Similarly, Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (KVEC) has been working with 23 school districts in rural Appalachia in developing personalized micro-credentials for professional development, mitigating structural barriers (costs, resources, travel, and more) to professional learning opportunities that are often faced by rural educators.

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Education Professional Development Educational Technology Public School 147

NCHE

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Since 2021, the National Council for History Education has partnered with the Library of Congress’ Teaching with Primary Sources program on a nationwide program, “The Rural Experience in America”.

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Library Primary Sources Local History Professional Development 130

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2023

They decided to take part in a new University of Wyoming project, the Master Educator Competency Program , to help give teachers meaningful support and professional development. The first part of the plan will give teachers the meaningful professional development they need, to prevent them from leaving the profession.

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ED Surge

MAY 8, 2024

By 2021, 91 percent of schools in New York City offered computer science (up from 76 percent in 2019). Since spring 2021, our journey has been exciting as we introduce upper elementary educators to the intersection of computer science and Minecraft Education.

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ED Surge

JUNE 1, 2023

The chart compares racial and ethnic makeup of the residents within each school district (not only students) from 2009 to 2021. We selected this timeframe because each year actually represents the tailend of five-year data estimates, with data gathered from 2005-2009 and the newest from 2017-2021. Source: American Community Survey.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Administrators are crafting plans for the 2021-22 school year to help children catch up on what they may have missed in math during the pandemic. Neumann is looking forward to working with such materials with her students when they return for the 2021-22 school year. It’s almost like Jekyll and Hyde,” she said.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 18, 2023

She recognizes that tools must align to teachers’ instructional goals and must be accompanied by professional development that covers not just how individual tools function, but also how they fit into effective teaching practice. “I I need to reiterate with my teachers that the tech tool itself isn't the be all, end all,” Ballard said.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Unfortunately, it is not a universally required part of educator training or professional development. Students do emergency drills, but staff seldom run scenarios and simulations that provide time to develop and practice appropriate trauma-informed responses to use with students in crisis. This is more urgent than ever.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

I knew what Edcamps were; I had always wanted to attend one and had actually modeled professional development events in my school after them. In this post, Dr. Tina M. As I scrolled through Facebook, I saw a teacher post about “virtual Edcamps” being offered by Digital Promise.

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Edthena

MARCH 29, 2022

2021, Asst. Director of Professional Development Helen Martin and Coordinator of Professional Development Amy French presented about how they use Edthena to build capacity, trust, growth, and goals among coaches and teachers. At the Learning Forward conference in Dec.

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Professional Development Leadership Public School Teaching 98

ED Surge

AUGUST 22, 2024

According to a recent report from the National Rural Education Association, 80,000 more English-learner and multilingual students were enrolled in rural districts in the 2021 school year than in 2013. The demographics of rural schools have been changing nationwide.

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Teaching Professional Development Community Engagement Library 134

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 23, 2023

In November 2021, the Pathways Early Learning Center opened in the organization’s shelter in Birmingham, with the goal of providing immediate, stable and free child care to families experiencing homelessness. Shelters are generally ill-equipped to support homeless families with young children, according to a 2021 report by Child Trends.

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Professional Development Economics Education 115

ED Surge

MARCH 8, 2023

Brown found herself sharing advice with so many educators looking to emulate her path that in 2021, she published a book on the subject. When Robbins left education in March 2021, it was for a client success specialist job at an edtech company. She has since been promoted to client success manager. “It

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Digital Promise

MAY 18, 2021

GBUL continues to remain active on four advisory work groups to advocate for many educational requirements of the 2021 legislative session (i.e., The MindCatcher team supports the cohort virtually through participatory, hands-on professional development. Senate Bill 546, Bill 526, Bill 477, Bill 913, Bill 1, and Bill 71).

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Leadership Professional Development Middle School Humanities 139

ED Surge

AUGUST 24, 2022

That was the case of Birmingham, Alabama, where a 1:1 initiative was imposed by the city government in 2008 with virtually no support for professional development, technological infrastructure, curricula or repair. Well over 90 percent of surveyed students reported that they had access to a school-issued device in the fall of 2021.

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