Cool Cat Teacher

DECEMBER 24, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter The rapid evolution of AI is reshaping education, especially when it comes to teaching writing. In this episode of Cool Cat Teacher Talk , I explore how educators can balance innovation and tradition to empower students as writers in the classroom. From AI tools like Perplexity Pro to modern note-taking strategies, this episode lays the groundwork for helping students navigate writing in the digital age.

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CoderZ

DECEMBER 24, 2024

The top PreK-20 companies, products, and leaders with clear contributions to equity and access were identified across 29 unique award categories DERRY, NH December 17, 2024 The American Consortium for Equity in Education today announced that CoderZ was named a winner of the 2024 Excellence in Equity Industry Impact Award in the Math, Science, or STEM solution category.

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Cool Cat Teacher

DECEMBER 24, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Discover how educator Ezera Washington achieved a remarkable 91% proficiency rate in ELA assessments within a single academic year, raising her students test scores by 40%. This transformative approach integrates relationship-building, tailored small-group instruction, and high expectations, proving that personalized, data-driven strategies can revolutionize student outcomes.

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Middle Web

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Travel abroad is a chance for students to step out of their comfort zones, build connections, and develop a global perspective to engage authentically with people and places beyond their cultural affiliations or national borders, writes middle school head Michael McLaughlin. The post Snapshots from a Global Student Travel Program first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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