The state’s first-in-the-nation collection of K-6 programs points educators to literacy tools that are explicit, systematic, cumulative, and diagnostic (Arkansas) July 23, 2020 — The Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education has included Reading Horizons, a multisensory curriculum used to rapidly increase reading skills, on its list of approved K-6 core curriculum programs that are supported by the science of reading.
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New tools, reporting, and instructional features anticipate and respond to the unique needs of educators and students facing an uncertain year NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., July 21, 2020—Curriculum Associates recently announced a collection of new resources and back-to-school product features to support educators and students during the 2020–2021 school year. These new offerings include a recently launched online toolkit for addressing the challenges of the coming school year, with a whitepaper and multiple videos on how i-Ready can be leveraged to help address these challenges. The company is also releasing a host of new i-Ready product features to address and support unfinished learning from last year. Today, the award-winning i-Ready program serves more than eight million students and approximately 25 percent of all K–8 students in the United States. Silver Spring, Md. (Thursday, July 16, 2020) – Discovery Education–the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources and professional learning for K-12 classrooms–today introduced a new update to the award-winning Discovery Education Experience that will save educators valuable time when they return to teaching this fall. This new update helps educators using Experience access personalized digital content and teaching resources faster than ever, saving them precious time no matter where learning is taking place. 3 Games Created for Use in a Higher Education CurriculumWin Awards in Serious Play Competition7/15/2020 Created and delivered by teachers, hand2mind introduced teach@home, an online resource offering 12 weeks of daily lessons and activities for K-5 students, in both English and Spanish. Each week families can download an easy-to-follow schedule, by grade, featuring daily video lessons for math and literacy as well as daily worksheets. Each week also includes a rotating “special” activity centered around another subject, such as STEM, science, SEL, art, or social studies! Special 2-part webinar series to help schools plan for fall NEW YORK, July 7, 2020 – As districts across the country are grappling with back-to-school plans, there are still a number of uncertainties that can make it feel like an impossible task. But, there are also valuable lessons learned from school closures this spring that schools can apply to their re-entry strategies. PresenceLearning, the leading provider of live online special education-related services to K-12 schools, is hosting a special webinar series with its clinical experts and district leaders to help guide fall planning, especially as it relates to serving special education students. Impero’s student safety tools recognized in the Best Enterprise Solution category Austin, TX, July 13, 2020 – Student safety leader Impero was named a winner of the 2020 Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence. Impero’s student safety tools, which include Impero Education Pro and Impero EdAware were recognized in the Best Enterprise Solution category. “Student safety is a top concern of schools, which need the proper tools to keep students safe and productive in an increasingly digital environment,” said Justin Reilly, CEO of Impero Software. “We are honored to have our student safety tools recognized by Tech & Learning for helping schools keep students safe online, both in the classroom and during distance learning.”
The Conrad Challenge 2020 Virtual Innovation Summit successfully concluded on Friday, May 29, with seven teams awarded top honors as “Pete Conrad Scholars” in their specific categories. A new record was set with 600 teams of 2-5 students between the ages of 13-18 entering the competition beginning in August and culminating in 37 finalists competing in last week’s virtual summit.
The Conrad Challenge 2020 Virtual Innovation Summit, the first time the annual Innovation Summit was run online, was a success. It concluded on Friday, May 29 with seven teams awarded top honors as “Pete Conrad Scholars” in their respective competition categories. Overall, more than 600 teams of 2-5 students between the ages of 13-18 entered the competition beginning in August, a new record, and 37 finalists competed in last week’s virtual summit.
All district leaders are invited to a no-cost virtual retreat held by the Institute for Education Innovation to outline how to open schools safely and equitably in the fall (Asheville, NC) July 7, 2020—All district leaders are invited to Institute for Education Innovation’s Superintendent Symposium and Retreat from July 24 to July 25 to workshop ideas for reopening schools in the safest and smartest way possible. With a focus on equity and social justice, the retreat will offer an innovative space both virtually and in person for Institute for Education Innovation (IEI) members as well as non-member superintendents and district administrators from across the country to come together and develop a blueprint for 2020’s version of back to school. |
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