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Can ‘Math Therapists’ Make a Dent In America’s Declining Math Performance?

ED Surge

When she was in middle school, she wanted to try for the advanced math track. Much later, as a middle school math teacher, Robinson would cram before teaching a lesson; she was still hearing that long-ago teachers voice in her head saying she couldnt grasp the material. Robinson had to sort through her own math trauma.

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This School Librarian Thinks Her Job Is the ‘Best-Kept Secret in Education’

ED Surge

So you don't necessarily say, I'm a school librarian? I have coursework in school librarianship, so that's definitely a part of my progress, having actual school librarianship theories and pedagogies and systems under my belt. I'm an educator. And I mean, I'm lesson planning, I'm unit planning.

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Math Instruction Isn’t Working. Could Better Teacher Training Help?

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That’s the question the middle school class was struggling to answer. Fractions hadn’t really connected with the students, says John Barclay, a teacher in Richmond Public Schools in Virginia. I definitely think we need to invest a lot more money in high-quality professional development,” Brown says.

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Innovation Study Tours Explore Equity in Diverse Settings

Digital Promise

Through school visits and panel discussions with TDSB officials, district leaders explored local policies and systems, the use of data for equity, and professional development and training for teachers and leaders, keeping an eye and ear toward what they could bring back to their own school communities.

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Inspiring the Next Generation of Makers

Digital Promise

The Maker Promise will build a national network of school leaders committed to making, and will connect participating schools with a suite of resources that will include things like maker curriculum, professional development, makerspace design, and storytelling strategies.

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What 2015 Holds for the Future of Education

Digital Promise

We expanded the League of Innovative Schools , our national network of forward-thinking school districts, and partnered with middle schools to create innovative learning environments. Professional Development Manager. Digital Promise Schools. At Digital Promise, we saw tremendous growth in 2014.

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What’s It Like to Leave the Classroom for a Job in Edtech?

ED Surge

Our recent analysis of teacher representation in edtech leadership revealed that former educators held a variety of top roles in the companies we sampled, heading teams that handled pedagogy, curriculum, product, marketing and sales.

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