Tue.Jun 13, 2023

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Trust, Technology, and Transformation: Embracing the Student-Centered Classroom

Catlin Tucker

As a speaker, trainer, and coach, I have had the privilege of working with thousands of teachers. There is a recurring issue that needs to be addressed–the reluctance to relinquish control to students. In my experience leading the shift to blended learning, the only way to truly engage students in learning is to allow them to actively lead the process, make decisions, and pursue learning through a lens of interest.

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OPINION: The pandemic wiped out decades of progress for preschoolers. It’s time to get them back on track

The Hechinger Report

One clear lesson from the pandemic: Children lose out when they don’t attend school. Young children learn best through hands-on activities, and parents found “remote” preschool a frustratingly poor substitute for in-person learning. No group of children fared worse than preschoolers during the pandemic, as it erased a decade of progress with drops in enrollment and waivers for quality standards.

educators

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A Community Approach to Project-based Learning in Talladega County

Digital Promise

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Has It Become Harder to Connect With College Students?

ED Surge

Many professors are struggling to connect with their students these days. First the pandemic forced emergency remote learning, where professors had fewer avenues to see and interact with students the way they were used to doing in person. Then the sudden rise of ChatGPT late last year has left many professors wondering if the work students are submitting flows from their own minds or was written by an AI bot.

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Maximizing Instructional Coaching Capacity with AI Technology (Charter Support Unit)

Edthena

Managing instructional coaching for teachers takes time and coordination. This webinar, hosted by the Charter Support Unit, discusses how AI technology can help maximize school leaders’ time by expanding instructional coaching capacity. Watch the webinar below for highlights about what ‘Everyday AI’ is and how AI can support instructional coaching and teacher professional learning.

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What to Know About the Growing Popularity of Employer-Sponsored Child Care

ED Surge

The last several years have served as one prolonged watershed moment for the early care and education sector. The pandemic and its many aftershocks — including a hit to labor force participation among women and a severe early childhood staffing shortage — helped many Americans unacquainted with these issues begin to understand the integral role that early care and education play in economic and social stability.