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THE Journal
Google's Chromebooks gained a majority share of the K-12 mobile device market in the last year, pushing back Apple's iPad even further, while Microsoft Windows devices held steady in second place. Overall, the K-12 mobile device market saw double-digit growth in device shipments. According to a new report released by market research firm FutureSource Consulting, Google's Chrome OS surged to a 58 percent share of school-purchased mobile devices in 2016, up eight points from 2015. (In other words, 58 percent of mobile device shipments to K-12 education institutions in 2016 were Chromebooks. These figures don't include personal purchases or BYOD.)
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By: Sheilamary Koch (commentary)
 Various articles published over the past six months have touted the emerging use of immersive virtual reality as a teaching tool for exploring academic subjects like history, science, art and others in innovative new ways. VR in the classroom remains a hot topic in 2017, yet with a slightly different twist on subject matter — teaching empathy. Given its powerful nearly visceral nature, virtual reality experiences show promise for igniting empathy in today's students.
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The Associated Press via ABC News
Cursive writing is looping back into style in schools across the country after a generation of students who know only keyboarding, texting and printing out their words longhand. Alabama and Louisiana passed laws in 2016 mandating cursive proficiency in public schools, the latest of 14 states that require cursive. And last fall, the 1.1 million-student New York City schools, the nation's largest public school system, encouraged the teaching of cursive to students, generally in the third grade.
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The Washington Post
Much of the media attention in education today is being given to President Donald Trump, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and their plans for education. Here, for a change, is a post about something completely different, taking us back into a classroom and what students and teachers are doing. How do you teach children to do good — and to really learn something authentic from the experience?
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The Conversation
You might think comics are just packed full of superheroes, funny animals and silly jokes, and you wouldn't be far wrong. But while the term "comic book" might also bring to mind something that is outdated and just for young kids, what you might not know is that comics are being used to great effect in many classrooms and lecture theaters around the world. And our recent study shows why, because we found that the use of comic books actually enables students to better remember information. Our research showed that the students that read a comic book version got more memory questions correct compared to when the same information was presented in text format alone — or in a combination of random images and text.
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Education Week
Can an after-school program change the way a student perceives science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, fields? That's one of the key questions for researchers working on a new study set to be released later this month about the impact of after-school programs with a STEM focus. So far, no official release date for the study entitled, "Afterschool & STEM System Building Evaluation 2016," has been set, but researchers did provide an 11-page overview of their findings today.
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eSchool News
Have you ever taught a lesson really, really well — but not all of your students got it right on the test? Or, as a student, were you ever surprised that you completely blew a question on a test? Stacey Roshan is one of those teachers who cannot accept that her students fail when the material has been covered in class. Stacey's response to this universal dilemma is to leverage emerging technologies to learn more about how, when, and why her students make mistakes — and her techniques have led to deep learning of difficult math concepts.
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The Hechinger Report
When Mary Fair became a teacher in 2012, her classes often contained a mix of special education students and general education students. Placing children with and without disabilities in the same classroom, instead of segregating them, was a growing national trend, spurred on by lawsuits by special education advocates. But in those early days, Fair had no idea how to handle her students with disabilities, whose educational challenges ranged from learning deficits to behavioral disturbance disorders. Calling out a child with a behavioral disability in front of the class usually backfired, and made the situation worse. They saw it as "an attack and a disrespect issue," Fair said.
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Edutopia
The number one job of a teacher is to be faithful to authentic student learning. Unfortunately, our profession is overly fixated on results from one test, from one day, given near the end of the school year. Yes, that standardized testing data can be useful; however, we teachers spend the entire year collecting all sorts of immediate and valuable information about students that informs and influences how we teach, as well as where and what we review, readjust and reteach.
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Education Week
In 2012, the Louisiana legislature weakened teacher tenure, resulting in the loss of up to 1,700 public school teachers in the following two years, according to a new study by the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans at Tulane University. Beginning in the 2012-2013 school year, Louisiana teachers could only earn tenure after getting a "highly effective" rating on their evaluations for five of six consecutive years. Even if a teacher earned tenure under this new system, it could be revoked with just one "ineffective" rating.
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Benchmark Advance and Adelante build K-6 literary and content-area knowledge through close reading and collaborative conversations. Foundational skills, writing to sources, and use of text evidence are seamlessly integrated, as are resources for ELs that amplify meaning without simplifying language. Fully equitable Spanish edition also available. FREE sampler.
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eSchool News
Gone are the days of one-size-fits-all education. Today, forward-thinking school leaders know that leveraging powerful learning technology can help all students excel and learn to work collaboratively with peers–even if that student is homebound due to chronic illness.
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Education World
A standing desk or a bean bag chair in a room might have been considered absurd in decades past. Today, some schools are beginning to experiment with their classroom designs and the results may surprise you. These new classroom designs have a positive effect on student engagement and comfort in the classroom.
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Learn the four must-haves schools need for a successful response to intervention (RTI) model. How to Build an RTI Framework is a free eBook that covers universal screening, continuous progress monitoring, data-based decision making, and multi-level prevention systems. See how building an effective RTI framework with computer-adaptive educational technology helps maximize student achievement.
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| | FEDERAL ADVOCACY AND POLICY |
Reuters
Eleven U.S. states have agreed to drop a lawsuit against an Obama administration order for transgender students to use bathrooms of their choice after the measure was revoked by President Donald Trump, a court filing showed. In a filing in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. Justice Department said the states, led by Texas, had agreed to drop the lawsuit, and it was dropping its appeal against a federal judge's August stay on the Obama directive.
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The Dallas Morning News
Hispanic students are struggling to get the special education services they need in Dallas ISD because of language barriers and other communication problems, according to the summary of an external district review. But consultants found no evidence that the district was purposefully keeping any kids out of special education, said deputy superintendent Ivan Duran.
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U.S. News & World Report
A compromise reached in the final hours of the legislative session cleared the way for lawmakers to approve an education finance bill containing spending cuts but no taxes. Fixing an education funding shortfall on track to top $380 million a year was one of Gov. Matt Mead's top hopes for the eight-week session. The bill, which would launch a potentially years-long process of addressing the shortfall, now heads to his desk.
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The Observer News Enterprise
It's time for North Carolina to "catch up" after years of neglect in education spending by GOP lawmakers, the state's new Democratic governor said as he offered his first budget proposal. Gov. Roy Cooper defended the more than $1.1 billion in additional total spending in his $23.5 billion proposal for the year starting July 1, compared to what Republicans approved in the current budget law.
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The NAESP 2017 Vice President Election will open on March 29. This year, eligible voters will receive an email on March 29 with a customized embedded link to cast their vote. No username or password will be required. Please add noreply@directvote.net to your email contacts as an approved sender and make sure your email address is current with NAESP. Visit our election page on the website for more details.
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Educators are faced with the challenge of linking the diverse students they serve and arming them with tools for life beyond academia. Schools can nurture their students' literacy development by ensuring that the library is a welcoming place, reflects the way students learn, and features resources and tools that accommodate their needs.
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