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COVID-19 Hit Schools Unequally, But Data Shows Learning Recovery Is Equally Slow

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For example, teachers serving schools with high levels of student poverty were far more likely to report that their students lacked appropriate remote-learning workspaces free of distractions during the pandemic, according to research from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. And research from the U.S.

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How Education Service Agencies Transform Data Fragmentation to Data Integration

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The fact that we were very specific in what we were attempting to achieve was pivotal to our success. The governance structure, with representation from various stakeholders, facilitates early identification of new data needs, ensuring alignment with MiDataHub's capabilities. The best advice is to start with a solid use case.

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How to Become a Citizen Scientist

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Consider: Charles Darwin: Darwin often relied on the observations of amateur naturalists and enthusiasts during his research Mary Anning: a fossil collector in the early 19th century William Herschel: an astronomer who discovered the planet Uranus E. Also, the two World Wars necessitated rapid research and innovation.

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Microchip Companies Create Child Care Programs to Win Federal Funds

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The grant money comes from the CHIPS and Science Act, which passed in 2022 and includes $50 billion to expand semiconductor manufacturing and research in the United States. They’re not in the business of sustaining this beyond their grant from the federal government,” she said.

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11 Ways to Wrap Up the School Year

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Give students a couple of class periods–one to research bridges (using their internet search and research skills) and a few to build the virtual bridge. Working in groups, students research opposite sides of an issue, then debate it in front of class. I get them into iCivics for simulated games on the government process.

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Demystifying Social-Emotional Learning and the Controversy Surrounding It

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And more than that, vilifying SEL will likely only move education in the wrong direction, educators and researchers say. And there's a lot of research that shows that SEL programs that are taught within a school actually have really good outcomes for kids. I lead our research department, so of course we're very data-driven.

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Unlocking Skills: What Learners and Employers Need to Know About Microcredentials

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Not only are you communicating what the data is, but you're doing it in a way that can be used by people and machines, verifying various academic and workplace achievements. The Open Badges and the CLR standards help learners express the skills and knowledge they have achieved. That's where the credential value comes in.

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