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Lexia Aspire Professional Learning - Reading to Learn
Gateshead (UK), January 2023 - While literacy is a cornerstone of success across all subjects, many upper elementary and middle school students lack the literacy skills they need to learn effectively. In fact, the most recent 2022 NAEP results indicate that 69% of students aren't reading at a proficient level in grade 8, and 67% of students are below proficiency in reading levels in grade 4. To help educators accelerate literacy skills in all learning among students in grades 4-8, Lexia, a Cambium Learning Group company, has introduced Lexia Aspire™ Professional Learning.
» MORE"Global Education Must Transform Itself to Address the Climate Crisis"
New York, NY (USA), May 2022 - On any given day, over one billion children head to school. The United Nations has called climate change the biggest threat modern humans have ever faced. Climate education for all students is a crucial strategy in tackling our environmental crisis. So what's been done with curriculum in global school systems so far?
Call for Support for Ukraine’s Optima School
Oslo (NO), March 2022 - International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) member Optima School is the first and the largest distance learning school in Ukraine (K12). In coordination with Ukrainian educational authorities, Optima is providing the educational package "With optimism in the heart" to every Ukrainian family free of charge to support continuity in education.
» MOREEducational Success Depends on the Teacher
Cologne (GER), March 2022 - A study published in the British Journal of Educational Technology shows that future teachers see educational potential in computer games, and that teacher training should therefore address their potential in the classroom. The results, by a research team at the University of Cologne, show that future teachers increasingly want to use computer games in the classroom.
Capita's New Education and Learning Business
London (UK), February 2022 - Capita's Education and Learning business, part of the Capita Public Service division, has delivered six months of strong progress since launching in August 2021. The creation of the new Education and Learning business saw the merger of the successful Capita Learning business with Capita's wide range of education contracts.
» MOREWhy Synchronous Learning Is the Latest Thing in eLearning
Maidenhead (UK), August 2021 - How do the latest learning management systems allow for eLearning to blend in with the classroom? When educationalists talk about synchronous learning, they generally are referring to a classroom event during which the tutor will display information to the group, and the learning is experienced together. This leads to group exercises, teacher feedback, and all the good things that come from people interacting in a learning setting. "You can't just learn from books" is the age old mantra.
Expanded Immersive Soft Skills Learning Content Library
Los Angeles, CA (USA), May 2021 - Talespin Reality Labs, Inc., a spatial computing company focused on workforce knowledge transfer and skills insights, has announced the expansion of its off-the-shelf learning content library and the addition of desktop content streaming support for its platform. In this update, Talespin adds new "Recognizing Bias" and "Practicing Self-Awareness" content titles to its library of immersive soft skills learning content.
» MORE7 Mindsets Publishes New White Paper
Roswell, GA (USA), April 2021 - Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, social emotional learning (SEL) has been vital to supporting students' wellbeing and fostering their success in school. In a new white paper, 7 Mindsets reveals how K-12 districts can help teachers create an even greater impact on the social emotional wellness of their students and school culture by addressing their own social emotional health first. The paper, "Investing in Educators' Social Emotional Wellness Fosters Student Success and Improves School Culture," is available for free to educators at the website.
Catholic Independent Schools Consortium Renews Partnership
Boston, MA (USA), April 2021 - Even without the current need for remote learning, quality online education options can expand the curriculum available to students and prepare them for the postsecondary world. For these reasons the Catholic Independent Schools consortium has extended its partnership with VHS Learning for the nineteenth consecutive year. The consortium has renewed its VHS Learning membership with 213 semester-length virtual enrollments for the 2020-21 academic year. Their students are enrolled in 97 VHS Learning courses.
» MOREVHS Learning Receives $1.4 Million Grant
Boston, MA (USA), February 2021 - VHS Learning has received a $1.4 million, three-year grant from The Manton Foundation. The funds will enable the nonprofit to better serve students and schools by updating its infrastructure, website, and course offerings. VHS Learning will also use the grant to provide supplemental curriculum and instruction services to schools in rural and high-needs areas.
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