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Should Teacher Evaluations Factor in Student Behavior? Study Says Yes
edweek.org - Madeline Will
By onOctober 23, 2018 12:02 AM Determining teachers' impact on test scores isn't enough to measure effectiveness—policymakers must also look at how …
Learning
ASCD Quick Reference Guides
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Browse Quick Reference Guides Building Teacher Capacity Through Reflection This guide from authors Pete Hall and Alisa Simeral, shows teachers ways to …
Liberal View
Using the Science of Learning to Redesign Schools
americanprogress.org - By Ulrich Boser, Abel McDaniels, and Meg Benner
Download the PDF here. Policymakers and educators need to reimagine the American school experience in order to better improve student achievement. …
Students
40,000 Classroom Observations Point to Three Key Strategies for Continuous Improvement
edsurge.com - Mark Elgart
Our research found significantly higher student performance at schools that measure fundamental school quality factors and boast high levels of …
Students
Three Ways Differentiation Can Move the Needle on Your Students’ Learning
edsurge.com - ByPaul Emerich France
Technology in School Three Ways Differentiation Can Move the Needle on Your Students’ Learning sponsored content from eSpark Learning By Chris McCormick …
High School
Show What You Know: A Landscape Analysis of Competency-Based Education
gettingsmart.com - Getting Smart Staff
Educators are genuinely enthusiastic about new, competency-based approaches to learning – as opposed to a system based on how much time students …
Students
17 Teaching Principles of Effective Instruction
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Reading Time: 5 minutes What makes a teacher, highly effective? Rosenshine identifies the hallmarks of effective teaching that he has discovered in his …
Students
Meaningful Learning Begins and Ends with the Opportunities We Create
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Learning hasn’t really changed, but the conditions that impact and influence it has. In Learning Transformed my co-author Tom Murray and I detailed …
Jeff Bezos
To Jeff Bezos: 7 Suggestions for Enhancing Preschool Education, From a Former Montessori Teacher
edsurge.com - ByJeffrey R. Young
Opinion | Community To Jeff Bezos: 7 Suggestions for Enhancing Preschool Education, From a Former Montessori Teacher By Diana Anthony Oct 21, …
Students
Reflect on the Qualities of Effective Teachers
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Qualities of Effective Teachers is a profoundly useful tool for all educators, helping them to reflect on their own teaching or the teaching they may …
Students
A Leader’s Guide to Boost Student Learning
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If your goal is to improve curriculum, instruction, and assessment in your classroom, building, or district, then read Six Steps to Boost Student …
Personalized Learning
What does the future of teaching look like?
christenseninstitute.org - By: Thomas Arnett
Over the last few years, the Christensen Institute has written extensively on how innovation in K–12 education will impact teachers. We’ve tackled …
Students
Randy Ziegenfuss on Teacher Leadership and Student-Centered Learning
gettingsmart.com - Getting Smart Staff
If you follow education social media, you’ve probably heard of Salisbury Superintendent Randy Ziegenfuss. Over the last three years, he’s become a …
Students
Research-Based Strategies: Part 3
tcea.org - Lori Gracey
Determining what instructional strategies work best for long-term learning can be time-consuming. Luckily, researcher John Hattie has made that chore …
Education
The Value of Silence in Schools
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“Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness …
Education
Response: Building Student Relationships by Applying 'the Golden Rule'
edweek.org - Larry Ferlazzo
By onOctober 15, 2018 6:24 PM (This is the fifth post in a eight-part series. You can see Part One here; Part Two here; Part Three here and Part Four …
Middle School
Tearing Down the Silos in K
ascd.org - Inservice Guest Blogger
Seven key drivers of the movement to remove age-old silos that are holding STEM teachers and students back in the 21st century …
Students
Research-Based Strategies: Part 2
tcea.org - Lori Gracey
Knowing exactly what to do to improve student learning is difficult today. There are more than 250 recognized strategies for accelerating learning, …
21st Century Skills
Can we do away with tests?
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I have really mixed feelings about traditional testing. On the one hand, I understand from a teacher’s perspective that it is easily quantifiable and …
Education
Why block subjects might not be best for university student learning
theconversation.com - Jason M Lodge Jason M Lodge is a Friend of The Conversation.
Block subjects is a model of teaching students one subject at a time over two to four weeks, rather than several subjects at a time over ten to 13 …
High School
Co-Designing Learning WITH Students: A Snapshot at Souhegan High School
edweek.org - Contributing Blogger
By onOctober 11, 2018 11:45 AM By: Sloan Facques and Zoe Garvey, Seniors, Kathy Maddock, Teacher, Kathy White, Dean of Instruction, and Rob Scully, …
University of Iowa
When You Communicate With Students, Tone Matters
chronicle.com - By David Gooblar
Walking past an open classroom door, I often find myself astonished to hear the professor speaking to college students as if they were third graders. …
Students
Project-Based Learning Transformed This Classroom
weareteachers.com - schoolleadersnow.weareteachers.com
Patricia Beck, a teacher at W.J. Mouat Secondary School in British Columbia, is part of the growing number of teachers who realize that many older …
Special Education
Some Inclusion Tips for the General Ed Teacher
middleweb.com - Cheryl Mizerny
Veteran special and general education teacher Cheryl Mizerny describes ways that general educators can be most effective teaching all students within …
Students
Digital learning experts reflect on evolving field in new book
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Jesse Stommel and Sean Michael Morris have spent much of the last 15 years thinking about digital pedagogy. Stommel co-founded the Digital Pedagogy …
Workload
The Development of High-Quality Project-Based Learning
gettingsmart.com - Guest Author
By Kaii Zecchin Over the past four years, I have run various project-based learning (PBL) experiences in my Upper Primary (Grades 5, 6 & 7) classroom. …
Middle School
Milken’s Middle School Builds on Future of Education
jewishjournal.com - Debra L. Eckerling
How should students in the 21st century be educated? It’s a question that Milken Community Schools educators are taking seriously, particularly in …
Students
7 Reasons Why Project Based Learning is NOT a Fad
weareteachers.com - Mike Kaechele on October 8, 2018
Project-based learning (PBL) is a hot topic right now. It feels like the education pendulum is swinging back (finally!) from the extreme test prep …
Education
A Landmark Education Science Report Gets an Update
edweek.org - Sarah D. Sparks
By onOctober 8, 2018 3:40 PM Learning is a conversation with the world, from a newborn's brain lighting up as his mother sings to him, to a teenager …
Personalized Learning
Understanding Learner Variability to Personalize Learning
edsurge.com - ByMegan Nellis
Learning Strategies Understanding Learner Variability to Personalize Learning sponsored content from Digital Promise By Barbara Pape and Vic Vuchic …