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An Educator’s Summer

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  While students are away from school this summer, many educators will become students. They will participate in various learning opportunities offered through their district or other educational institutions over the next few months. This time will allow them to become familiar with their curriculum and tools and build community support. Last week, my district […]

New Curriculum: Supporting Innovation in Schools and Districts 

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The summer allows educators to recharge, reflect, and innovate their practices with students and colleagues. I find this annually recurring phase of the profession to be an essential aspect of the field. Moreover, the summer is also an ideal time to design and prepare to implement new curriculum features. This includes instructional and assessment items, […]

January through June 2022 Update

Download Our January through June 2022 Update: Discover all the changes happening in the education Market. Update your data. Update your strategy with the January through June 2022 Update! Agile’s data is at the core of everything we do, and provide. We expect our data to be the leader in accuracy in the market. Every […]

What it Costs to Run a School: Education Expenses

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From providing a fair salary to educators and administrators to purchasing tools and supplies that students need to learn, running a school is costly; honestly, it is a small price for a well-educated American population. However, state and federal governments are constantly looking at their bottom line and evaluating how their public educational infrastructure uses […]

Moving Up The Ladder Together: Thoughts on How to Prevent Summer Slide

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Summer slide is the tendency for students, especially those from low-income families, to lose some of the achievement gains they made during the previous school year. Research indicates that 2.5 months of reading and 2.5 months of math skills are lost over a summer. Are there exceptions? Of course. Is summer slide” typical? Absolutely. The […]

2023 Educational Funding

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2023 Educational Funding 2023 Educational Funding budget request:  In 2022, the budget request made investments in American education through the American Rescue Plan. This trend will continue into 2023, with more attention given to the apparent inequalities of students. The gap has only been widened because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the transitions that became […]

Prevention of Summer Slide

Teresa Marchant As students hang up their backpacks and head into Summer, educators worry about how their students will spend this time away from school. We fear that our students that have made progress during the school year will return to school in the fall without retaining all skills from the prior year. Knowing that […]

Higher Education 

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Higher education in America is constantly being pushed in the K-12 system, but what prevents students from continuing their education? 2021 higher education statistics  According to the Education Data Initiative, fewer Americans will be enrolled in postsecondary education in 2021 than in the previous year. The 2.2% decline was the most extraordinary year-over-year drop since 1951. This […]

How to prevent the “Summer Slide”

Is Summer Slide avoidable? During my twelve years of teaching secondary social studies, I would voice an opinion that was usually a very unpopular one with my colleagues. My sentiment was “summer break is too long.”  I am not sure how well this position had aged, but why I held it is still very clear […]

The Problem of Education Funding Gaps in America

Education in America is notoriously variable, depending on factors like location, average population, income, and many other elements. Among the reasons for fluctuation in quality and access is the noticeable education funding gaps for school districts across the United States. Each state, county, and district has funding requirements and availability, leaving room for wide gaps […]

Social-Emotional Learning and Data that Matters

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COVID 19 has pushed into the spotlight one aspect of education focuses on student well-being. That this has always been an important, necessary topic to devote time and resources to goes without saying. But, COVID 19, as significant events tend to do, elevated what was on the margins of our attention and made Social Emotional […]

Accessibility to Tutoring in America

Accessibility to Tutoring in America

One main roadblock facing tutoring for students; is the accessibility to tutoring in America. From the cost to at-home support, tutoring is, unfortunately, not always an option for children. Let’s take a look at the accessibility problem and possible solutions.  Proof tutoring works  Personalized learning can help students increase their test scores and understand a […]

Positive Data Use Lead to Positive Outcomes!

Positive Data Use Lead to Positive Outcomes!

With positive positive data use leads to positive outcomes!  The COVID-19 pandemic abruptly and dramatically changed the landscape of K–12 education. In weeks, schools transitioned their students from their buildings into virtual and home-based learning environments. The pandemic has dramatically contributed to inequities in students’ current learning environments. However, much like learning gaps, this was already […]

Consistency is Key

Consistency is Key Life can get pretty monotonous, but the routines that we have to provide structure and purpose to our lives. They give us a foundation, ground us, and keep us focused on our goals.  What is consistency? Consistency is being intentional about your routines and expectations. It is building habits through everyday actions […]

ARP Educational Funding

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The American public education system is notoriously underfunded in most cases, and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has only exposed more gaps in the ARP Educational Funding. What the American Rescue Plan is The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 is a government initiative that was developed to help the United States recover from […]

Higher Education Course-Level Data

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Navigate top college & university addresses & course offerings.    Easily Navigate Universities & Colleges Addresses & Course Offerings Navigating complicated campuses are tricky. In addition, figuring out who teaches what is time-consuming. This research leaves little time to understand needs and share information to create strong relationships. The new college & university course-level data […]

The Importance of Omni-Channel Presence in Modern Edtech Marketing 

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Download our Omni-Channel outreach eBook Today! By this point, the importance of Omni-Channel Presence in modern Edtech marketing has been well established and is no longer an emerging trend. Instead, it has become an absolute necessity to master. Increasing your omni-channel presence is a widely recognized strategy for engaging with prospects and current clients, gathering […]

Webinar: Data Enhancement and Learning Loss in the ESSA Era Part 2 

Data Enhancement and Learning Loss in the ESSA Era Part 2 

Provided by Agile Education Marketing Webinar Released On: Wednesday, 4.27.22 Webinar Hosts: Mike LeClare, Meredith Brown Biesinger, and Fekre Tefera Our expert panel will show how educators, vendors, and education leaders can follow data to find solutions Agile’s Compilation and Data Quality Manager, Mike LeClare, will expand on ESSA data and how states and schools […]

Global Private Tutoring Market 2022 Trends

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Here are the Global Private Tutoring Market 2022 Trends Market size  Private tutoring differs from after-school programs or tutoring centers because it usually happens in the student’s home with one-on-one attention given by a tutoring expert. According to MarketWatch, the global Private Tutoring market size has increased in 2022 from USD 425.5 million in 2021. […]

Using Data Wisely in the Education Market

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Using Data Wisely in the Education Market Generally, school administrators look for the overall school performance, class information, and individual students’ scores to help determine the implementation of new programs, allocate resources, and staffing all by using data wisely. As learning standards are revised on a state and local level, it becomes necessary to review […]

Long term Damage of Learning Loss

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Long term Damage of Learning Loss Major Long term Damage of Learning Loss The COVID-19 pandemic was a severe disruption of everyday life, and the academic disruption that students across the country underwent is still being felt today. Adapting to “new normals” and adjusting to never-before-seen instructional methods left many students behind where they would […]

Renewing Assessment and Rethinking Data Collecting: An Educational Renaissance

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This month some colleagues and I came to an exciting conclusion about our profession. After discussing the use of data and shifting priorities, we agreed that education is experiencing an assessment renaissance.    We also agreed that the reasons for the shifts originate from multiple sources, including state, district, and school-based policies and practices. Most […]

How to Cope with Learning Loss and Promote Recovery

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How to Cope with Learning Loss and Promote Recovery It seems like learning loss is something that is on the mind of every educator in America. And for a good reason. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic reach far and wide. Still, our students have been experiencing severe learning loss in all subject areas. Tutoring […]

Using Data To Create A Positive School Culture

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Data from testing alone is not always adequate. We need to know our students, and most teachers do. Our students are more than a test score; so are our teachers. However, our emphasis on testing has muted individual strengths and success. We need to use our data wisely, not just to rank schools or students […]

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