What makes professional learning actually work? Professional development and professional learning aren’t the same thing—learn what elevates professional learning to the next level By Eileen Belastock November 18th, 2019 "Don't call it professional development—call it professional learning." Jill Abbott, senior vice president and managing director at SIIA, made this statement in a recent edWebinar. Additional panelists Jeff Mao, CEO of Edmoxie; Bruce Umpstead, director of state programs at IMS…
News Disrupting students’ opportunity gaps will hinge on networks November 18th, 2019 Recently, Stanford researcher Raj Chetty came out with yet another new study on the jagged landscape of opportunity facing America. Analyzing the relationship between young people’s exposure to…
News How do U.S. students’ computer and information literacy skills stack up? November 15th, 2019 U.S. eighth-graders scored above the international average for computer and information literacy, but they also struggle with some key 21st-century employability skills, according to an international study. The…
News How districts are addressing adolescent mental health November 15th, 2019 Research from a recent white paper highlights the increasing crisis in adolescent mental health. In a recent edWebinar, presenters emphasized the need for school districts "to intervene with…
News Strategies to help your institution combat cyberattacks November 14th, 2019 It doesn’t matter where you look. Today, technology is everywhere. In educational organizations, tech has become a crucial part of the daily learning process, fundamentally changing the way…
News Teaching writing one word at a time November 14th, 2019 As the writing facilitator for my district, I model writing instruction for other teachers all the time. It gives them an opportunity to see effective instruction in practice,…
News How two districts tackle the digital equity gap November 13th, 2019 Students expect easy and immediate access to technology tools and high-speed internet in schools, and recent research shows that 99 percent of school districts are offering enough bandwidth…
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