8 questions for educators as they use assessments to support student learning

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For assessments to be used effectively in schools, it’s important for districts and schools to consider what assessments are intended for and how the data gained from the assessments will be applied to support student learning. Building and maintaining a balanced assessment system is essential for schools, but the process can be complicated.  Asking these […]

Ojas Call Letter: GPSSB Work Assistant 2026 call letter released at ojas.gujarat.gov.in: Download your CBRT admit card here |

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Gujarat GPSSB Work Assistant exam 2026: Admit card available for Advt 17/2025-26 GPSSB work assistant 2026 call letter: The Gujarat Panchayat Seva Pasandgi Mandal (GPSSB) has opened the portal for candidates to download the call letters for the Work Assistant post under Advertisement Number 17/2025-26. Aspirants who have completed the application process can now access […]

Using house points and digital coins to promote school values

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GEMS American Academy in Abu Dhabi has had a Houses system for a number of years. Over the last few years, while I was working in the PE department, my team and I worked to revamp the system that was in place. The old system meant that students were changing houses each year based on […]

How landscape memory, hysteresis shape the way Indian cities flood

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Rain comes down steadily, painting the skies a dull grey and sending a chill breeze wafting through the windows of high-rise buildings. On the street below, water creeps out of cracks and pores. Next to the highway lies a lake but the boundary between water and land has blurred. What was once contained spreads across […]

Educator retention hinges on these 3 things

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Confidence in the education profession has dropped for the second year in a row, according to the 2022 Educator Confidence Report from learning technology company HMH. An annual barometer for how educators across the country are feeling about the state of teaching and learning, the report found that 76 percent of educators feel negatively about the […]

From lapis-laden trade routes to mass armies: the changing value of colour blue

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From the lapis-laden trade routes of the Bronze Age, blue travelled east and west, carrying with it power, devotion, and value. By the Kushan period, between the 2nd and 4th centuries CE, ultramarine pigment was extracted from Afghan lapis lazuli through a complex and painstaking process of crushing it carefully and treating it with beeswax […]