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How to help children develop executive functioning skills

eSchool News

Bush signed into law in 2001, schools that did not consistently meet federal standards for proficiencies could face funding cuts. The Every Student Succeeds Act, ushered in by President Obama, largely transferred the accountability of these assessments from the federal to the state level.

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PROOF POINTS: Researchers blast data analysis for teachers to help students 

The Hechinger Report

That was the idea behind the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. In high poverty schools, where student test scores are often low and there is pressure from state and local governments to raise them, data analysis can dominate weekly or monthly meetings among teachers. Why doesn’t data analysis work?

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The Value of Listening in the Classroom: How to Teach Your Students Active Listening

Waterford

Provide students with an opportunity to model active listening skills by holding regular classroom meetings.[7] 7] The subject of these meetings (anything from class policies to recent academic topics) doesn’t matter so much as the structure. Language Arts Journal of Michigan, 2001, 17(2), pp. And finally, lead by example.

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Study: One-to-One Laptop Programs Improve Student Learning

Doug Levin

Dr. Zheng and colleagues did not collect original data; rather, they used a statistical technique (meta-analysis) to combine the findings of prior studies meeting specific quality criteria in an effort to identify larger trends in the emerging body of empirical evidence on laptop programs’ impact on learning.

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National Network Launches to Connect Students in Crisis

eSchool News

With $250,000 from ECMC Foundation and a matching grant from Strada Education Network, the Emergency Coaching Network will provide up to 5,000 students at participating institutions with support from InsideTrack coaches specially trained to assess and support across a range of challenging situations. About ECMC Foundation.

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Higher education in India is moving ahead on the global stage.

Linways Technologies

India has seen a massive expansion in the higher education sector – an almost four-fold increase in enrolments and institutions since 2001. Between 1996 and 2001, India and China had similar GERs. Although lower than the global average of 36.7% Student finances and funding. Postgraduate enrolments are still feeble.

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The ultimate guide to Bloom’s Taxonomy

Linways Technologies

Each of these are mapped with measurable outcomes to assess attainment. The believed that classifying goals like this would be beneficial to assess college student performances better. In 2001 the Bloom’s taxonomy was revised by putting together a series of more dynamic concepts for the classification system by a team of.