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TEACHER VOICE: I don’t mind being known as “the math guy,’’ but everyone can and should be able to do the math

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Sadly, few students cite a positive formative memory like mine when it comes to their own history with math, especially outside the classroom. By 2030, it is estimated that over 60 percent of jobs in Texas will require at least some level of post-high school education. In fact, many experience the opposite. And we need to start now.

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How Augmented Reality Helps Teachers Reach More Students

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This is easy for educators using McGraw Hill AR , a free app created by McGraw Hill in partnership with Verizon for Verizon Innovative Learning , an educational initiative that seeks to help bridge the digital divide with a goal of providing digital skills training to 10 million students by 2030. It gives humanities a relevant context.”

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The culture wars are driving teachers from the classroom. Two campaigns are trying to help 

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El-Mekki said the fund will allow educators to push back against the “fake hysteria about teaching accurate history and allowing students and teachers to show up as their true authentic selves.” El-Mekki’s organization is also part of a second campaign, One Million Teachers of Color, which launched in 2021.

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How Augmented Reality Fosters Student Curiosity and Collaboration

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Furthermore, it can transport students to different times and places, making history and geography lessons more immersive and educational. AR is also a powerful tool for visualizing complex concepts, allowing students to explore abstract ideas through interactive 3D representations.

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Education can be the great equalizer, but it isn’t yet

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In a noble attempt to level the education playing field, in October a Maryland state panel, known as the Kirwan Commission, voted to recommend a new funding formula that calls for spending to increase by $4 billion per year by 2030. About a third of that increase, $1.2 billion per year — 37 percent more than it currently spends.

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The Still-Evolving Future of University Credentials

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Even if this decline doesn’t quite match the dire predictions of mass college closures that were popular in 2016, the recent history and near-term outlook for traditional higher ed is more negative than I imagined. are hard at work on standards frameworks.

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India tries coding camps, craft centers and all-girls schools to fight illiteracy

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Jaisalmer, India — Once a year, history lecturer Vijay Kumar Ballani and his colleagues go door-to-door in this rural village, imploring parents to send their children to a cinderblock complex that lacks classroom space, bathrooms and desks. “A small project can have a global impact,’’ Daube said. Photo: Kim Palmer for The Hechinger Report.