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Many districts have struggled to fund study abroad programs. But educators at District of Columbia Public Schools say they are seeing a big return on investment from sending students overseas.
An increasing number of district leaders are creating highly detailed graduate profiles to ensure their schools are teaching the soft skills students need for success after completing high school.
From California to Virginia, K-12 districts work with tech providers to streamline communications and deploy new curriculum and teaching services
Over the past two years, there has been an increasing focus on the nature and needs of women and girls with autism. Technology has much to offer this population.
It’s a game-changing arrangement that can empower students, solve for issues of equity, and enable personalized learning. But there’s much more to it than buying laptops.
Principals play a key role in guiding instructional practice in a school system, and during my career in public education, I saw firsthand how savvy principals can successfully drive change in their schools.
School systems are getting results from teacher residencies, which offer more immersive and more rigorous training experiences than the typical student-teaching stint.
Teachers have seen an instant jump in engagement when students are given large-print books. Students want to read longer, feel less nervous about reading and comprehend more of the details.
Consider the speedometer in your new self-driving electric vehicle. The cable-operated dial in the gas-guzzling clunker you just traded is now digital. Easier to read for you, but a harder fix for today’s automotive students.
Repairs that require software updates and wrenches compel career and technical education administrators to buy more expensive tools and technology. And in the coming years, the spread of electric and driverless cars will only put more pressure on educators to keep the curriculum and equipment current.
Because high school offers most students their last chance at free education, one Washington district has taken its apprenticeship programs to a higher level.
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