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Raising the Smart Classroom’s IQ – By Dr. Paul Fornelli

ViewSonic Education

The reality is often much more mundane, as classrooms that meet even the most basic of digital information standards still qualify as being a Smart Classroom, Lab, or Lecture Hall. and whiteboard.

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Data-Driven Instruction for the Real World

Edsurge

Before she started using Schoolytics , Alice Keeler experienced this struggle firsthand: “The worst is sitting in a meeting pretending to care about data that is old or doesn't really mean anything. But when secondary goals don’t align, teachers and school leaders find themselves in a contentious relationship.

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Teachers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your pain!

The Hechinger Report

The Title I program identifies what fiscal resources schools need, but Congress hasn’t allocated enough resources to meet those needs. Black and brown students are becoming more concentrated in low-income schools. When the system doesn’t value minority kids, it won’t find it necessary to invest in them or the institutions they use.

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Not enough students have mentors, and we must change that

The Hechinger Report

Schools and businesses can meet halfway to close the mentorship gap. Primary and secondary schools have prioritized college preparation since the federal No Child Left Behind Act was passed in 2001, when states demanded K-12 schools adhere to rigid academic standards.

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8 Ways to Help New Teachers Thrive (and Veteran Teachers Too!)

The CoolCatTeacher

Progress through the teacher pipeline: 1992–93 college graduates and elementary/ secondary school teaching as of 1997. Meet Informal Mentoring When I think of informal mentoring, I recall a scene in the Blue Bloods “Highway to Hell.” Ask them to sit with you at the faculty meeting. Geis, S., & Knepper, P.

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Why ‘Black Box’ Software Isn’t Ready to Teach College

Edsurge

Thille: The Open Learning Initiative, which is the project that I founded at Carnegie Mellon, started with a desire from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to get access to high-quality post-secondary education to those who would not otherwise have access. That was way back in 2001.

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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

They tended to cite a combination of their own optimism coupled with pressure from state officials, who in turn were pressured to meet the federal educational goals set in No Child Left Behind. She expected much more than ‘You’re going to meet state standards,’” he said.