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Educators as Purveyors of Hope

User Generated Education

I have since become a teacher educator (with some teaching of elementary gifted students at a few Title 1 schools thrown in). Gilman, Dooley, & Florell, 2006). 2002) have higher overall grade point averages. 2002), self-esteem (Snyder et al., 2002), self-esteem (Snyder et al., 1991; Snyder et al.,

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., FY 2006 $272,300,000 (President Bush’s request: $0).

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ADHD in the Classroom: How to Teach and Support Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Waterford

For elementary school teachers, here are a few early signs of ADHD to look for:[14]. Patterns of Teacher Stress in an Elementary School Sample. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2002, 10(2), pp. Exceptionality: A Special Education Journal, 2006, 14(1), pp. Low self-control. Miranda, A., and Tarraga, R.

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Shapegrams: Grab-and-Go Google Drawings Lessons

Shake Up Learning

Learning in Hand started in 2002 as part of my classroom website. I taught fifth-graders at College View Elementary School. In 2001 I had a one-to-one classroom with Palm Pilots, and in 2005 I started one of the first podcasts from an elementary school. In 2006 I became a self-employed consultant.

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PROOF POINTS: New answers to old questions about special education

The Hechinger Report

A group of economists found a clever way around this problem by studying 24,000 elementary and middle school students who were diagnosed with a specific learning disability from 2006 to 2012 in New York City, the largest school district in the country.

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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

Professional learning communities (PLCs) or networks (PLNs) are groups of teachers that share and critically interrogate their practices in an ongoing, reflective, collaborative, inclusive, learning-oriented, and growth-promoting way to mutually enhance teacher and student learning ( Stoll, Bolam, McMahon, Wallace, and Thomas, 2006 ).

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Silver Lake Acquires Majority Stake in Weld North’s Digital Curriculum Business

Edsurge

The deal comes after KKR’s allotted capital for its investment in Weld North, which came from KKR’s 2006 fund, had run out. As a result, Silver Lake will own a majority share of Weld North Education, which Grayer will continue to run. They had no capital left for us to grow,” Grayer tells EdSurge in an interview. Yet that’s not all.