Once a teacher completes the course, they'll be given a certificate they can bring to their district for professional development credit if their district and/or state allows it.
The "rater effect"—or the effect of the individual doing the rating on the resulting score—impacts teachers' subjective judgments during the gifted and talented identification process.
The state mandate raises questions among education advocates—and even the legislator who pushed for the law addressing vaping. Some are worried that time spent in alternative school can derail students’ learning.
If Meta has its way, students will tour faraway museums, walk among dinosaurs and view human intestines up close—all from the comfort of their classroom, using Quest virtual reality (VR) headsets.
How much IEP progress is enough for a district to show that it provided free appropriate public education? According to one court regarding a middle schooler with a seizure disorder, not hitting annual IEP goals is not enough progress.
The contest is now open for the District Administration Top EdTech Products awards, which are designed to showcase the latest in edtech innovation, with the emphasis on how these technology solutions are breaking new ground in the edtech market.
It's a slight but important change at a time when school performance data is scrutinized intensely. From test scores to graduation rates, those numbers have an outsized influence on policy decisions and on public perceptions of school success and failure.
“We need sustainable, scalable investment in our schools so that we're not coming back to the table every year trying to figure out where the money is going to come from,” Superintendent Carmela Levy-David said.
"The churn that's happening in classrooms is now affecting everyone. It's affecting the ability of teachers to teach, teachers to set classroom norms, and kids to learn," Attendance Works Executive Director Hedy Chang says on this week's podcast.
