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Unleashing the Power of Best First Instruction

October 15, 2022

Unleashing the Power of Best First Instruction
To help students catch up from interrupted learning, close achievement and opportunity gaps, and ensure more equitable outcomes for all students, there’s likely no better place to begin than best first instruction

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Yakima Valley College

Yakima Valley College is one of the oldest community colleges in the state of Washington. Founded in 1928, the college has a long tradition of quality in teaching and in its commitment to students. Yakima Valley College is a public, two-year institution of higher education which is a part of one of the best comprehensive community college systems in the nation. As such, the college offers programs in adult basic education, English as a Second Language, lower division arts and sciences, professional and technical education, and community services.

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Opportunity for all

whitePaper | March 30, 2022

This publication is licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated.

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Education Crosses New Territories with Robotics

whitePaper | September 28, 2022

What is the role of STEM Robotics in today’s classroom? Students exposed to Robotics show that they can flourish across multiple academic subjects. As a result, tomorrow’s future looks brighter for those immersed in this world, even at minimum levels.

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SOCIAL IS SUPER

whitePaper | October 21, 2022

Believe it or not, today’s best learning experiences aren’t happening in the classroom. They’re happening out there in the world, as individuals take new information on board in a variety of different contexts.

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Creating Highly Effective Custom eLearning Content for your Enterprise

whitePaper | October 4, 2022

Today’s competitive and demanding environment necessitates that we stay up-to-date with the most efficient and effective practices in our respective domains. For companies, this means regular exposition of employees to training and development modules

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Accelerating Gains in K-12 Engineering Education

whitePaper | November 27, 2019

States’ efforts to incorporate technology and engineering into K-12 science instruction appear to be bearing fruit: More than five years after states began adopting K-12 science standards that feature technology & engineering, eighth graders have notched higher scores on a national assessment of those subjects. This report presents Education Commission of the States’ analysis of results from that assessment, National Assessment of Educational Progress in Technology and Engineering Literacy (TEL).

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How to Develop Scalable Remote Learning Plans

whitePaper | August 24, 2020

Among hundreds of educational leadership definitions, this one is helpful in that it allows for flexibility in many scenarios. While it talks about achieving goals by influencing others into action (which could indicate guiding educators, caregivers, members of the school board, or the community, depending on the situation), it does not define one particular goal, which allows for flexibility of interpretation. In the current environment, it is important to be flexible in defining an educational leader while also taking care not to stray too far from established goals and effective frameworks.

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Spotlight

Yakima Valley College

Yakima Valley College is one of the oldest community colleges in the state of Washington. Founded in 1928, the college has a long tradition of quality in teaching and in its commitment to students. Yakima Valley College is a public, two-year institution of higher education which is a part of one of the best comprehensive community college systems in the nation. As such, the college offers programs in adult basic education, English as a Second Language, lower division arts and sciences, professional and technical education, and community services.

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