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Learning

Newsela: Read closely. Think critically. Be worldly.

A cool new news-as-literacy platform launched this week. Newsela “is an innovative way for students to build reading comprehension with nonfiction that's always relevant: daily news.”

13 hours ago by Getting Smart Staff

EdTech

#Edtechchat: Summer Plans

In this week's #Edtechchat we covered summer plans, for both learning and relaxing.

18 hours ago by Alison Anderson

Leadership

10 Ways Smart Cities Develop & Support Teachers

10 strategies are outlined that cities are using to make teaching more attractive and to better support teachers and expand their opportunity set.

19 hours ago by Tom Vander Ark

EdTech

Gaming with Amplify

Amplify announces lineup of educational games aimed at middle school-age students.

19 hours ago by Caroline Vander Ark Davis

Learning

How I Learn

The way we learn has changed from 30 years ago with the use of technology and resources at our fingertips. Tom outlines several new ways he and others are learning today.

yesterday by Tom Vander Ark

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Foundation for Excellence in Education

The Foundation for Excellence in Education is igniting a movement of reform, state by state, to transform education for the 21st century economy. Excellence in Action, the organization’s flagship initiative, is working with lawmakers and policymakers to advance education reform across America. Learn more at www.Exce...

Learning

Using Stories to Teach Evolution

Evolution is often a difficult subject for students to grasp, even putting aside politics and religion. It’s also a very important concept to understand biology.

yesterday by Winifred Kehl

Learning

Good Work: Inhabited By a Question

For 35 years, Roger Weissberg has been inhabited by a question: How do schools, parents, and communities come together to promote positive behavioral outcomes in young people? CASEL launched the Collaborating Districts Initiative aimed at supporting district-wide SEL efforts in Anchorage, Austin, Chicago, Cleveland, N...

3 days ago by Tom Vander Ark