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California is set to adopt new K-8 language arts content that is geared toward the Common Core standards that California fully implemented in 2014. California's adoptions typically set the tone of adoption of materials in other states. However this year's adoption is expected to be less impactful, as there is a bounty of digital content available to educators and California and other states now leave the decision for content adoptions to the school districts themselves.

Developers are taking on the task of merging the age old philosophy of Maria Montessori with technology. Montessori Method stresses that students learn best through use of their senses and practical play by passing between concrete and abstract ideas in a comprehensive learning environment. In today's classrooms, technology has become a point of instruction that researchers believe is causing learning gaps due to the isolated use of auditory and visual senses.

Career and Technology Education (CTE) continues to play center stage, now more than ever, as Michelle Obama is spearheading the Reach Higher Initiative.  This Initiative is focused on pushing students to pursue educational programs past high school, including training programs, community college, or four-year programs. Mrs.

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Facebook Moves Into K-12 Arena Through Partnership With Charter Network

Facebook is bringing engineering to the K-12 arena by teaming up with a charter school network to refine a technology-based system for customizing lessons to individual student needs.

Updates to The EdGate Standards Repository include:

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The Cooper Institute launched FitnessGram in 1982; it remains the standard fitness assessment tool of the President's Challenge. However, School officials cite budget cuts as affecting their ability to provide PE opportunities, according to a February 2012 report by the US Government Accountability Office.

With the basic idea that "all children deserve access to physical education opportunities, US Games has partnered with the Cooper Institute and is committed to providing the OPEN curriculum free of charge to all school districts throughout the country."

The goal of those who collaborated on the NGSS movement was to have these standards embraced by at least a majority of the states. To date, only 15 states have officially adopted the NGSS, according to Liana Heitin of EdWeek.org.