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New School Year, New Challenge, Raise Achievement
- Authored by: Gary Kaplan

New Year, New Challenges

by Gary Kaplan Blended academic support helps teachers focus and differentiate, raise achievement and close gaps As we move into the new school year, the pandemic still casts its shadow over our classrooms.   Media articles and academic reports stretching back to the spring of 2020 have documented the efforts of

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'SCI-FI to AI' Fiction to Fact. A discussion with Mike Mino, Education Development in Technology Professional
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‘SCI-FI to AI’ Fiction to Fact. A discussion with Mike Mino [Podcast]

with Gary Kaplan, introduction by Greg Cunningham Transforming traditional 20th century classes into state of the art 21st Century Skills programs This month’s podcast features Michael Mino, founder of MM Development Services, a provider of innovative education development services to schools and classrooms.  With his over 25 years of experience

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Recovering Learning Loss. FREE WHITEPAPER
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Recovering Learning Loss. FREE WHITEPAPER

Raising Achievement Closing Gaps The pandemic that began in March 2020 disrupted education for the rest of that year and most of the following two years. Estimates of lost learning during those years range from 3 years up. Massachusetts Commissioner Jeff Riley forecast a recovery period of five years. But some

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Professor Rita Smith, ‘Helping Students Break Out of Their Box’
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Professor Rita Smith, ‘Helping Students Break Out of Their Box’ [Podcast]

Rejecting society’s norm, Rita Smith became a nationally recognized and celebrated Educator with Gary Kaplan, introduction by Greg Cunningham This month’s podcast features Professor Rita Smith, a lifelong educator and the 1985 recipient of Time Magazine’s Teacher of the Year Award.  Professor Smith’s career as an educator spans 44 years,

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JFYNet Closes Learning Gaps, Pandemic loss eliminated; achievement gaps closed.
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JFYNet Closes Learning Gaps

Pandemic loss eliminated; achievement gaps closed. by Gary Kaplan As we enter the new year and move toward spring,  JFY reiterates our offer of FREE academic support in the form of our  JFYNet online tutoring program.  The attached blog post and links summarize our post-pandemic history. We have had encouraging

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Impacts of Learning on Earning
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Impacts of Learning on Earning   

by Gary Kaplan Perspectives on pandemic loss and prospects for recovery The New Year is upon us, and education promises to be as much a front-page story as it was in the Old Year. From learning loss to late buses, school committee politics to teacher shortages, hardly an edition went

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The Joy of Giving. Measuring joy in the classroom.
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The Joy of Giving

Measuring joy in the classroom Here we are in the season of joy – of family and dear friends, of places and traditions, and yes, the joy of bringing joy to others. In this season of rejoicing and celebrations in churches, synagogues and mosques, and in concert halls, theaters and

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