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South Fayette School District: Leading Educators in Computational Thinking
Rachelle Dene Poth shares resources for educators to get started with computational thinking by following the lead of South Fayette School District in Pittsburgh.
Getting Through
COVID Could Worsen Summer Melt: How Some Colleges Are Responding
By: Dennis Pierce. To ensure that as many first-year students as possible enroll in classes, colleges and universities are using campus apps, virtual orientation sessions, and other innovative methods to engage with newly admitted learners.
Place Based Education
Creating Connections Across Slate Valley for the Common Good
By: Casey O’Meara. The Slate Valley Unified Union School District applies community-focused experiential teaching and facilitation methods to better support deeper learning for its students.
EdTech
The Learning Must Go On
How even the coronavirus couldn’t stop agile Asian schools from functioning. With robust learning systems in place, it’s ‘business as usual.’