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The Limits of Curriculum Choice

Digital Promise

This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. At current levels of curriculum usage and professional development, textbook choice alone does not seem to improve student achievement. Time spent in professional development varied by curriculum but was generally low.

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Reach Each Student: Design Edtech for Learner Variability

Digital Promise

Digital Promise’s Learner Variability Project (LVP) aims to understand the range of diverse needs that students may have, and to support product developers in turning learner factors and research-based strategies into pedagogical features for educators and students to use. Implementing Research-based Digital Supports for Students.

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Many kids can’t read, even in high school. Is the solution teaching reading in every class?

The Hechinger Report

To help them succeed, the school — which last year served just over 500 high schoolers , roughly 80 percent of whom qualified for free or reduced priced lunch — provides its teachers with daily professional development and coaching on literacy instruction and other topics.

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A Teacher’s Guide to Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

A Teacher’s Guide to Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month May 2, 2024 • Studies Weekly Diverse perspectives strengthen education, according to Heather Singmaster’s EdWeek article from November 2018. It’s also important for all students to feel represented, Laura Thomas said in her Edutopia article from August 2016.

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OPINION: Three misunderstandings about open resources

The Hechinger Report

Notably: In reviews of 17 middle school math programs , just one was deemed standards-aligned across grades six to eight. Of the 14 elementary school math programs, only two products were found to be standards-aligned across grades K-5, again both published by nonprofits.

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What lessons does special education hold for personalized learning?

The Hechinger Report

A student at Belmont-Cragin Elementary School. LEAP is a nonprofit organization that trains schools and teachers to use personalized learning in their classrooms. As part of their jobs, special education teachers assess students and develop teaching plans based on each student’s skill levels.

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The messy reality of personalized learning

The Hechinger Report

In tiny Foster, Rhode Island, teachers at Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School use high-tech methods to teach a largely rural, off-the-grid population. Down Route 6, not far from the Shady Acres Restaurant and Dairy, is Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. PROVIDENCE, R.I.

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