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Will Hybrid Teaching Stick Around as the Pandemic Fades?

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Now, having gone to the trouble to design course resources that can be accessed remotely and feeling accustomed to turning on a webcam in the classroom, he has continued to embrace a teaching practice that is known as “HyFlex,” a portmanteau of hybrid and flexible. Students discovered the flexibility,” he says, “and now they're demanding it.”

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How Virtual Information Sessions Are Changing K-12 Education

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Parents can attend virtual meetings at their convenience, eliminating the logistical challenges of in-person appointments. This flexibility ensures they remain actively involved in their child’s education. Virtual information sessions provide a seamless solution to bridge these gaps.

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Creating A Digital Study Plan: Tips And Tools for High School Students

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A well-maintained digital library enhances productivity and allows you to focus more on learning and less on logistics. Designing A Flexible Study Schedule Creating a flexible study schedule is essential for high school students who need to juggle academic commitments with extracurricular activities, part-time jobs, and social life.

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It’s Time To Take Teacher Burnout Seriously. Here’s How.

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They shortened work weeks and implemented flexible work schedules. All while navigating massive teacher shortages , increased logistical complexities , a culture war in the classroom and a teen mental health crisis. We need to overhaul the expectations put on our teachers and stop serving students at our teachers’ expense.

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6 Must-reads for This Summer

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Students quickly become familiar with the layout and can spend their time concentrating on the material rather than the logistics. In the test of time — about a decade now — Google Apps have proven to be flexible, adaptive, transformative, often change agents, and rarely boring. Why concentrate on Google apps?

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What Have Schools Learned So Far About Effective Tutoring?

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The report’s authors say that successful tutoring program leaders were decisive, flexible and evolved their programs along the way. Ector County in Texas chose a campus-by-campus launch that started with the highest-need schools, and each one came with its own support team for logistics and technology.

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Is the Post-Pandemic Era Ripe for Rethinking High School?

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It’s a moment when XQ Institute’s agenda — that schools should offer more project-based learning, allow more flexibility in their schedules, and assign classwork more explicitly connected to career paths that interest students — may excite education leaders searching for solutions. Photo courtesy of Kira Rowe. Hoffman hears D.C.

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