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School Leadership in the Common Core Era

A Principal's Reflections

Michael Fullan, 2002, p. It appears that much of the focus for improvement has been on creating rigorous classroom instruction to increase student achievement measured by the highly contested standardized tests. Next, teachers work collaboratively to plan both instruction and assessment using the curriculum maps. & Cohan, A.

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Impero Software Announces Philip Walters as its New Chairman

techlearning

Austin, TX, May 18, 2018 – Impero Software, a leading provider of classroom management, network and online safety software to schools, today announces Philip Walters as its new board chairman. It partnered with advocacy organizations to produce white papers at the 2017 and 2016 Digital Citizenship Summits.

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How a New Hampshire school uses personalization to put the tools in the hands of the learners

The Hechinger Report

Since its inception in 2002, Making Community Connections Charter School (MC 2 ) has been committed to personalizing learning. Related: Must a classroom be high-tech to make personalized learning work? Related: Opinion How do teachers know if they are getting personalized learning right?

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Inside Maine’s disastrous roll out of proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

The amount of time they’ve spent in the classroom (“seat time”) doesn’t matter, nor does the number of credits they’ve accumulated. Searsport had started transitioning to a standards-based diploma in 2002, after receiving a share of a $10-million school reform grant that Gates had made to the Sen. A local success story.

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Positive Behavior Supports Creating Meaningful Life Options for People with ASD

Digital Promise

Preferences can be assessed and individuals can be taught to make choices related to their preferences, thereby minimizing the frustration of seldom being able to choose what is meaningful. Classroom intervention for illness-related problem behavior in children with developmental disabilities. Carr, E.G., & Blakeley-Smith, A.

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