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OPINION: Former middle school teacher says older students aren’t getting the reading help they need

The Hechinger Report

It’s been years since I was a Los Angeles middle school teacher, but I still remember my students as if they were in my classroom yesterday. Many districts have started giving elementary school teachers “ science of reading” training they never had in teacher-prep programs. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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Using Micro-credentials for Personalized Professional Development

Digital Promise

And to help individual educators in this network develop and enhance the skills they need to address our region’s challenges, we use micro-credentials. Micro-credentials provide personalized professional development opportunities aligned to theory of action plans. Solving problems together with the ACT Network.

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New iCoachTEAM Partnership Sets out to Improve Equity in Middle School Math

Digital Promise

With our partners, Instructional Coaching Group , Heza LLC, and SRI International, our team will design, implement, and evaluate a school-based, one-to-one teacher coaching program to improve the quality of middle school mathematics instruction through meaningful use of technology.

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Celebrating Powerful Learning at Lone Star Middle School

Digital Promise

In collaboration with HP and Microsoft’s Reinvent the Classroom Initiative , Digital Promise Global is proud to announce Lone Star Middle School of Nampa School District in Idaho as the newest HP Spotlight School. Nampa School District’s Commitment to Personalized Learning. Learn More from HP Spotlight Schools.

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Addressing the Five Key Areas of Professional Development through Instructional Coaching

Digital Promise

The DLP utilizes instructional coaching to increase powerful and impactful use of technology in 100 middle schools across the country. By playing an active role in their own professional development and by reflecting on their own level of success, teachers develop and expand their repertoire with the support of their coach.

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Demonstrating Success with Verizon Innovative Learning Schools

Digital Promise

We first met Nakia, a student at Chilhowee Middle School in rural Benton, Tennessee, in 2018. We’d look at another school that has technology, and we’re like, ‘Wow, I wish we had those possibilities.’” Every student and teacher at Chilhowee, Austin Middle School (Texas), John A.

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OPINION: Schools are still struggling post-pandemic, but surprising success stories give us hope

The Hechinger Report

Three recent reports from our organization, Education Reform Now , highlight transformative strategies that high-poverty schools across three states — Texas, Massachusetts and Colorado — are using to drive stronger student outcomes. Here are our top four takeaways from these three states: Demography Does Not Equal Destiny.

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