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Recommendations for Helping Students Catch Up After Disrupted Learning
09/08/2021
Topics: Education leadership
As students return to the classroom, addressing instructional time lost to COVID-19 may be one of educators’ greatest challenges this new school year. Although students have made a range of…
Visionary ISTE Founder Left a Legacy of Innovation and Promise
09/02/2021
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Dave Moursund, who founded the organization that would become the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), died Sept. 1 at the age of 84.
He helped transform a relatively small…
6 Ways the Pandemic Transformed Schooling — But Will It Last?
08/18/2021
Topics: Assessment, digital equity, Global collaboration, Personalized Learning
After nearly a year and a half of pandemic-related disruption, going back to school this year will look unlike anything we’ve ever seen before. And that’s a good thing — or at least it should be.
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Words Matter — Supporting LGBTQ Colleagues and Students
07/22/2021
Topics: Equity and inclusion
As I work through the requirements of my ISTE Certification, I am learning more about using the…
How School Districts Can Get the Most Out of American Rescue Plan Act Funds
07/20/2021
Topics: edtech funding
States and districts are planning how to invest their share of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds from the…
A Silver Lining Playbook for Turning Disruption Into Innovation
07/06/2021
Topics: Education leadership
After more than a year of struggle and stress, many educators are hungry for a return to normal. But what are they really going back to?
Copious research shows that in education, what’s familiar and…
How States Can Support the Next Generation of Digital Citizens
06/15/2021
Topics: Digital Citizenship
The American Rescue Plan Act recently made unprecedented investments into…
5 Ways To Get on Top of the Education Recovery
06/09/2021
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Across school systems and around the globe, the pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on students. Some have thrived in online learning environments, while others have suffered from low-quality or…
How Education Leaders Can Build Capacity for Digital Teaching and Learning
03/17/2021
Topics: Advocacy and funding
As the rate of COVID-19 vaccinations accelerate, increasing numbers of students are returning…
Speak Up About Racial Microaggressions in Schools
02/11/2021
Topics: Inclusion
Cheyenne Batista, a former classroom educator and school founder, was about to get into a taxi in New York’s swanky Upper East Side in the fall of 2020 when the insult occurred. A woman exiting a taxi that…