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2017 Education News Roundups

December 29, 2017

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It’s that time of year again! As 2017 winds down, we’ve got some of our favorite education news roundups for you. Like top lessons learned from education research and from teachers in 2017. To keep things light, a roundup of this year’s top educational parodies, which includes a banned book week adaptation of “Despacito” and an A Capella Science version of Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You”. Finally, we absolutely love the story of the NJ teacher who crowdsourced to give all 500 students in her school Christmas gifts. Check out these stories and more in this week’s AcceliBEAT. Wishing all our readers a happy New Year! See you in 2018!


young kids with educational materialsWhat We’ve Learned: 5 Lessons From Education Research to Take Into 2018
Education research comes out faster than most of us can keep up with — and staying up to date gets even harder when advocates on every side claim that the newest study supports their views.


movie and popcorn icons5-Minute Film Festival: Best Educational Parodies of 2017
From muppets to a cappella physics, Edutopia’s top five educational parodies of 2017.



Mrs. Frizzle with her lizardFrom Fidget Spinners to Teacher Stress, Here Are the Top Teaching Posts of 2017
The clock is ticking down for 2017, bringing an eventful year to a close. Before you head off, take a look at Education Week’s list of the 10 most-read Teaching Now posts this year.


Gift in front of a blurry Christmas treeThis Teacher Bought Christmas Gifts for 500 Students
For the second year in a row, a New Jersey elementary school teacher has raised thousands of dollars from online donations to provide Christmas gifts for every student at her school.



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As a Person With Autism, I Spend Lots of Time Studying, Attending Class — and Explaining That I Am Not Deaf
The conventional wisdom about 21st century skills holds that students need to master the STEM subjects — science, technology, engineering and math — and learn to code as well because that’s where the jobs are turns out to be a gross simplification.


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Back on the Road! The 2018 K-12 Education Technology Conference Calendar
The EdSurge shortlist of education technology events for the K-12 community happening across the world in 2018.




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