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OPINION: Want to improve our public schools? Create an impressive principal pipeline

The Hechinger Report

No one can deny the pandemic’s devastating impact on America’s public schools. The pandemic also made it impossible to ignore the inequities faced by Black and Latino students — such as limited access to digital resources, rigorous coursework and skilled educators. The post OPINION: Want to improve our public schools?

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Can public schools replicate the Mooresville model for digital learning success? Former superintendent Mark Edwards says they can

The Hechinger Report

Edwards recently announced that he will be leaving his post to serve as senior vice president of digital learning at Discovery Education, based in Silver Spring, Maryland. The Hechinger Report spoke with Edwards about Mooresville’s successes and how they could be replicated in other public schools.

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Advancing Digital Literacy for a Digitally Inclusive Future

ED Surge

Gregori, an innovative learning specialist at Henrico County Public Schools in Virginia, notes that digital literacy is a “modern life skill” that goes beyond digital competencies to include strength in character and citizenship. Don’t feel pressured to implement multiple digital tools suddenly and simultaneously.

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Responding to COVID-19: How Are the Children?

Digital Promise

and Puerto Rico have closed all public schools, with few teachers prepared to move to a virtual learning environment and even fewer parents ready to homeschool their children. Bridging The Digital Divide. As of today, 46 states plus Washington, D.C.,

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New National Survey Analyzes Impact of COVID-19 on Teaching and Learning

Digital Promise

Highlights from the survey include: Keeping Up Academically and the Digital Divide : Eighty-two percent of teachers say it’s been difficult for their students to keep up academically during the pandemic, though only 45 percent of parents have the same concern for their own child.

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Come for the computers, stay for the books

The Hechinger Report

A key theme of Future Ready Librarians, which last year published a framework to revamp the bookish role, is that districts pouring money into hardware and software need people to shepherd these tools into classrooms and to curate these burgeoning digital resources.

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K-12 Educators and Administrators: Share Your Ed-tech Pilot Approach

Digital Promise

District of Columbia Public Schools. Manager of Blended Learning. ” Mahnaz Charania. Director of Research and Program Evaluation.

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