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Three lessons from rigorous research on education technology

The Hechinger Report

The researchers at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab ( J-PAL ), an organization inside the economics department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, scoured academic journals, the internet and evaluation databases and found only 113 studies on using technology in schools that were scientifically rigorous.

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Measuring Impact with the Digital Practice Assessment (DPA)

A Principal's Reflections

This information is completed and archived in the Professional Learning Portal (PLP), a free digital platform developed by ICLE to support schools in data collection, reflection and goal setting, to grow and improve. As a Future Ready Schools coalition partner , ICLE can scale services to support a district's digital transformation.

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Adobe Educators' Choice Awards

A Principal's Reflections

Every year educators create outstanding lesson plans to help students learn, understand and uncover their passions. Starting this week, educators can win great prizes by simply submitting their best projects, lesson plans, curricula and tutorials to the 2012 Educators’ Choice Awards.

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How I Navigate the Classroom as a Neurodivergent Teacher

ED Surge

Tools for Students and Teachers If theres anything Ive learned as a neurodivergent educator, it's that an ableist world will not wait for me, so I must know what I need. Over the past few years, Ive learned that I cannot simply wing a lesson plan. I reread my lesson plans before I teach.

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Quantifying Innovative Practices

A Principal's Reflections

The baseline evidence shared is in the context of determining the fidelity of innovative practices that currently exist and are implemented on a routine basis (including examples of data, lesson plans, unit plans, student work, PLC minutes, rigorous digital performance tasks, walk-through forms, assessments, sample observations/evaluations, portfolios, (..)

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The Lowell Milken Center Discovery Award

A Principal's Reflections

Innovation and creativity are at the core of the American spirit and they are the qualities that build the foundation for progress in education, technology, business, and, well, just about everything. As a principal, I often write about of the importance of creativity, innovation, and discovery in the classroom.

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Teachers Believe That AI Is Here to Stay in Education. How It Should Be Taught Is Debatable.

ED Surge

Just says the life cycle of teachers feelings about AI started at confusion, then fear about it threatening their jobs, followed by worries about students cheating but also a desire to see how the technology can be useful with lesson planning and other administrative tasks.

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