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Lexia Core5 and PowerUp Helped Students and Teachers Succeed with Remote Blended Learning During School Closures Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
BOSTON (Oct. 13, 2020) – The 2019-20 school year drew concern for students’ learning when the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to rapidly transition to remote learning. To...
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Survey Shines Light on Lessons Learned From a Spring of Remote Learning
Due to COVID-19, the 2020 spring semester was completely turned on its head. Since then, educators and administrators have been reflecting on the...
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Taking The Heavy Lifting Off Of Chicago Teachers With Blended Learning: 5 Problems Lexia® Can Help You Solve
The mission of the Chicago Public Schools, as outlined in their 5-year vision, is “to provide a high quality public education for every child, in...
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Avoid These 5 Common Remote Learning Pitfalls
With in-classroom learning on hold for many schools throughout the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic, educators, students, and parents have been adjusting to the often-referenced “new normal.”
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Why Aren’t Students Finishing College? Understanding and Addressing the College Completion Crisis
Although college readiness continues to be a central goal of K-12 education policy, alarm bells are ringing about a growing “college completion...
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Listen, Then Lead: 5 Leadership Tips for First-Year Principals
The school year is already well underway, but the changes—and challenges—are just beginning for new students, teachers, and staff. Learning the...
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Student-Led Literacy Support: Making Word Walls Work for All Students
Thanks to inclement weather, elementary school teacher and college lecturer Justine Bruyere stumbled onto an innovative way to build her young...
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Helping More Students Access Challenging Texts
Sheila Valencia—a language, literacy, and culture professor at the University of Washington, Seattle—is right.
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Personalized Learning Is Constantly Evolving. What Role Do Administrators Play in the Process?
In 2018, Chicago elementary school principal Lisa Epstein wrote an opinion piece for online education news outlet Chalkbeat that tapped into the...
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Leveraging Social Media for Literacy
Social media is an undeniable force in students’ rapidly evolving digital world. Middle- and high-school educators are all too familiar with the...
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Unpacking Personalized Learning: A Brief Primer and Implementation Guide
In 2015, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, launched a new philanthropic initiative dedicated in part to promoting a...
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How to Be a Reading Role Model for Adolescent Students
In the fall of 2016, Scholastic and YouGov conducted their biannual survey and put together the “Kids and Families Reading Report.” The results...