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How to Bring to Life the Science of Reading

ED Surge

You can understand someone else's culture, what they celebrate, what they honor and what they believe in, without personally asking. As a result, teaching students how to read is a complex and challenging endeavor — that’s why it takes years. Are they culturally relevant for our kids? It makes me empathize with other people.”

Pedagogy 113
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The Pandemic’s Lasting Lessons for Colleges, From Academic Innovation Leaders

ED Surge

We talked to: Michelle Cantu-Wilson, director of teaching and learning initiatives and special projects at San Jacinto College. Tyler Roeger, director of the center for the enhancement of teaching and learning at Elgin Community College. Wendy Schatzberg, director for the center of teaching and learning at Utah Tech University.

Tutoring 142
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The Power of Local and National Community Connections

Digital Promise

Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters) are local communities of practice that bring together educators, entrepreneurs, funders, researchers, and other community stakeholders (families, local government, nonprofits) to support innovative teaching and learning in their region.

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Moving from Challenges to Solutions: The Future of Educator Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

During the event, we launched Educators Rising’s “Aspiring to Teach” micro-credential stack to support pre-service educators as they develop foundational practices and mindsets for effective teaching. The Summit focused on developing action-oriented solutions to meet the needs of this growing ecosystem.

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‘Guided play’ benefits kids—but what does that look like for parents?

The Hechinger Report

It doesn’t require sitting down and teaching their child something. Are there any cultural preferences or personal preferences to keep in mind, for example, if a parent or a culture really values kids being independent or engaging mostly in free play?

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How a Billionaire’s Fellowship Spread Skepticism About College’s Value

ED Surge

By the end of the interview, Thiel asked him to help him teach a class at Stanford Law School on philosophy and technology, and he hired him as an analyst at his fund. That movie, which everyone in Silicon Valley and in the culture at large was talking about, was “The Social Network,” depicting the contentious creation of Facebook.

Economics 125
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Will the real Montessori please stand up?

The Hechinger Report

Many parents think a Montessori education encourages creativity and benefits children by providing unique teaching methods aimed at respecting young children and giving kids more control of their learning. Rachel Rodriguez teaches a small-group lesson in her classroom at Hill Country Montessori. But authenticity matters.

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