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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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2025

Financial constraints Justin Baeder, a former public school principal in Seattle who now conducts professional development for school leaders, posted a video commentary on X. His six-year term at the Department of Education began in 2023. Jones is on leave from Boston University, where he is a professor of special education.

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TCI

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Take a look back with us on the features and enhancements we released in 2023 to help meet the changing needs of your classroom. New Ways to Engage and Challenge Students 2023 was a year of engagement at TCI. Slide Builder: In 2023, TCI teachers customized more than 14,200 slideshows. million times and videos viewed 4.2

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Studies Weekly

APRIL 14, 2025

2023), scaffolding must mimic the end task so that the student can learn to first see tasks modeled, then approximate the task with plenty of supports before the supports are then gradually removed. When they realize that they have leveled up a skill or learned something new, they feel innately rewarded. 1 As made clear by Fisher, et al.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 11, 2023

Below are a few of the hypotheses I am watching in 2023: Hypothesis 1: Results Matter Education buyers—parents, schools, and talent development departments—will make more decisions based on efficacy and fewer based on relationships with vendors. Prediction(s): There will be more international edtech “unicorns” crowned in 2023 than U.S.-based

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Maitri Learning

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Over a decade later in 2023, I was asked by three different groups to become their teacher mentor/coach. When I ultimately left that position to take on a new role (as a teaching assistant at Harvard), I felt I just hadn't done a very good job. I thought I wasn't cut out to be a coach. And isn't this what we want for students too?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 24, 2024

Since being elected, I have completed several fellowships, along with professional development training to enhance my knowledge as a board member. He then worked to pass a new mental health policy and improve student-to-counselor ratios and became president of the governing board in 2023.

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Edthena

MAY 8, 2023

Here is the lifelong learner and honoree of the 2023 Teacher Leader Impact Award – congratulations! Megan regularly participates in district professional development courses to continue growing in her teaching practice. As a lifelong learner, she continuously works on developing her math instructional skills.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2024

Fifty-nine years later, funding has increased for the program—from about$96 million in the 1960s (about $959 million in today’s dollars) to nearly $12 billion in fiscal year 2023. But the way that federal funding is assigned to individual Head Start programs is still based in part on a formula developed in 1974.

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A Psychology Teacher Writes

JUNE 22, 2024

There’s a huge amount of discussion around the use of instructional coaching in schools as a key driver for professional development, and some are quite evangelical about it. As I hope is clear, this is neither an attack on instructional coaching as a form of professional development nor those who are proponents of it.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Newly released data show that student growth in 2023-24 lagged behind pre-pandemic achievement levels in nearly every grade. Additional strategies adopted by Illinois and Louisiana include tutoring and interventions for struggling learners and professional development for educators.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2024

A record share of children – about 35 percent of 4-year-olds and 7 percent of 3-year-olds – were enrolled in a state-funded preschool program last academic year , according to the 2023 State of Preschool report published last month by the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University. Although D.C.

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Heinemann Blog

APRIL 8, 2024

Carl Anderson and Matt Glover are the authors of How to Become a Better Writing Teacher r eleased in Fall 2023. Join them this summer for a two-day virtual institute on How to Become a Better Writing Teacher. Register here !

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ED Surge

JANUARY 26, 2024

Promises that your venture will transform literacy, math, social-emotional learning or professional development are no longer enough to secure funding. And it appears we're in for a hard landing in 2023, with annual funding projected to close at pre-pandemic levels of $3.5 It’s been a wild ride. billion in 2021.

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ED Surge

APRIL 19, 2022

The grant will help Lumen bring together the company’s three separate platforms for humanities, professional development and online homework management, executives from the company say. Officials plan to make an OER Statistics 101 course available by 2023.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 9, 2023

In June 2023, after a year of negotiations, a deal was struck. Forgotten During Professional Development The work I do as a paraprofessional requires preparation, ongoing support and continued professional development opportunities. Paraprofessional training and professional development needs to improve.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Some counties and school districts are also adding professional development opportunities for counselors, amid a push to boost graduation and college enrollment rates. But programs have until 2023 to comply and change has been slow.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2023

But we need to expect more than self-directed professional development by individual teachers. She is a 2023-2024 Teach Plus Senior Writing Fellow and Teach Plus Senior Policy Fellow. Organizations like EmbraceRace and the Center for Racial Justice in Education are terrific resources. We need systemic solutions.

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ED Surge

MAY 1, 2024

When building up edtech resources for any learning environment, whether it be a K-12 school district, institution of higher education or professional development, there is a lot to consider. Before acquiring a new edtech system, tool or app, technology leaders need to consider privacy and security concerns.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2024

There is no one who knows what students need more than us.” — Angelica Martinez, 2023 Graduate, Sunnyside Unified School District (AZ) Historically, research institutions, education entrepreneurs and technology developers have led the research and development (R&D) of education programs and tools.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2024

Universities can offer professional development to faculty and staff. Megan Thiele Strong is a sociology professor at San José State University and a 2023-24 Public Voices fellow at the The OpEd Project. Sumer Seiki is an artist and associate professor at University of British Columbia with the Restoration Project.

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Edthena

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Maybe you’re looking for ideas for a strong 2023 start in the classroom or ways you can provide better professional development to teachers. Keep reading for our top picks for the December 2022 resources for more student and teacher learning in 2023. Find the highlights, article links, and related content below.

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ED Surge

MAY 8, 2024

In December 2023, we hosted our inaugural city-wide coding event, collaborating with Logics Academy , engaging students from over 400 NYC Public Schools in the Hour of Code: Generation AI event. This success has facilitated new collaborations, extending student benefits beyond initial expectations.

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ED Surge

MAY 24, 2023

I recently connected with Grace Pai, the executive director of the organization, and Esther Hurh, a professional development (PD) facilitator who has been delivering sessions about the TEAACH Act to educators, to better understand the challenges around putting the TEAACH Act into practice.

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Political Science Now

APRIL 22, 2025

Join APSAs Committee on the Status of Community Colleges in the Profession for the third event of their professional development workshop series!

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2024

Already, 26 states have some formal policy in place around microcredentials to support either licensure or professional development. One example: A microcredential program developed by UCLA’s ExcEL Leadership Academy was recently approved for use in Rhode Island.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2024

Credit: Image provided by The Washington Center Nationwide, slightly more than 60 percent of students graduating in 2023 completed an internship during college, according to survey data collected by the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Web story: Looking for an internship? The model appears to be working.

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Edthena

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Here are some of the highlights: Engage in lifelong learning and seek feedback “By focusing on continuous professional development, consuming educational research, and learning from peers and experts, teachers solidify their expertise and confidence.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Examining the Global Impact of Generative AI in Education and Beyond In April 2023, Goodnotes initiated an exploration into the global utilization of generative AI within educational institutions, businesses and non-profit organizations.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 18, 2023

ISTE has made this viewpoint a priority, offering professional development and resources that focus on learning about and effectively integrating AI , including a guide for school leaders and a teacher course. Graham Glass In May 2023, the U.S. It's one thing to say: Go learn about AI.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

On February 13, 2023, the Digital Citizenship and Media Literacy Act was introduced in the Senate. To support staff, we model digital citizenship during professional development, showing teachers things they can do with their students to promote good online behavior. Our approach to engaging families has been a learning process.

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ED Surge

JUNE 1, 2022

Program Details Fellowship timeline: This fellowship will run for 9 months from July 2022 to April 2023. Attend monthly professional development workshops and group Zoom calls conducted via Zoom outside of teaching hours. Fellow commitments: Participate in a fellowship launch call on Monday, July 18, 2022.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2024

Mendez said it’s common for home-based care to be of lower quality for Hispanic families, becauseif their providers don’t speak English, they have fewer opportunities for professional development or credentialing. Boosting the quality of Lexington’s child care — not just its accessibility — was crucial, Werth said.

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ED Surge

MARCH 7, 2023

I was looking for something that was backed by great research, had good tech support and would have professional development,” Van Fossan says. Kindergarten teachers at Sto-Rox transitioned from traditional assessments like DIBELS to EarlyBird at the start of the 2022-2023 school year.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

July 2023 was the world’s hottest month on record. This, she says, requires investing not just in HVAC and insulation, but in professional development for building maintenance staff. And the number of those days has been rising over time. “I And America’s schools weren’t built for this.

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Anthropology News

JUNE 18, 2024

Although publicly available chatbots had only been in the mainstream for one semester when we surveyed (fall 2023), 71% of students indicated they thought that GenAI would become an essential part of most professions. 6791 ( Artificial Intelligence Literacy Act of 2023 ) has been introduced in the US House of Representatives.

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ED Surge

JULY 29, 2022

The program will initially be available in four districts, but telehealth services will expand to all districts throughout the state by July 2023. The telehealth partnership also leverages the expertise of UMMC’s professionals in delivering telehealth services. The goal of the program?

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