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Unlocking Literacy for All: How Clear Creek ISD Planned and Executed Instructional Change

Education Elements

So much of a challenge that according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, more than 60 percent of American fourth graders are not proficient readers. Nation-wide, building literacy in our children is a persistent challenge.

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How Education Elements Guides Districts in Creating Environments that Personalize Learning

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Education Elements provides support for schools and districts as they transform their school models to personalize learning. He founded Education Elements to meet that need. What They Do Anthony Kim likes to describe the Education Elements team as the “sherpas” of personalized learning. Stay tuned!

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Your Ticket to More Effective Lessons

A Principal's Reflections

Like many things in education, elements of ITIP still have value depending on how they are used. In simple terms, these are ungraded formative assessments that assess what students learned during the course of the lesson.

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How to Assess Your District's Personalized Learning Implementation

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Parents are asking for evidence that these new strategies are improving their child’s education. The Education Elements team hears these questions a lot, so we shared our thoughts in the blog post, “ Charting Your Personalized Learning Course.” How do you respond? If you haven’t read it yet, go ahead. I’ll wait.

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Amplifying and Listening to Student Voices Leads to Academic and Cultural Improvements: A Success Story

Education Elements

The Tripod 7Cs was used as one of the key metrics in the MET (Measures of Effective Teaching) Project which found that teachers who had higher scores on the survey were more likely to have students who scored higher on state assessments and generally had higher academic outcomes.

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Personalizing within the Curriculum: High Quality Instructional Materials as a Lever for Student-Centered Learning

Education Elements

Over the last 10 years, we have seen a significant shift in how educators access and leverage instructional materials to guide instruction. As many states adopted new, more rigorous standards, curriculum providers rushed to create materials that would prepare students for college and career and state assessments.

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9 Things That Matter When Hiring Black Teachers

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If you are looking to diversify your teacher workforce or are assessing your hiring process, here are 9 things you must consider. That, combined with the racial reckoning taking place this year has prompted many leaders to reflect on their hiring processes and look for ways to recruit more Black teachers.