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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

Schools that foster trust among parents, teachers, and school leaders are more likely to see academic improvement than schools that do little or fail to foster trust ( Bryk and Schneider, 2003 ). Teacher leadership is also critical for school improvement efforts to succeed.

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NCLB’s legacy: As the ESSA era begins, have policymakers, educators learned from the past?

The Hechinger Report

To be sure, ongoing ill will over NCLB influenced the bitter, drawn-out negotiations over the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which became ESSA (NCLB was also a reauthorization of the 1965 act). But scores dipped in almost all grades and subject areas on the 2015 test compared with 2013. Monday, Sept.

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Minnesota has a persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?

The Hechinger Report

With people of color expected to make up a quarter of the state’s population by 2035, these gaps represent an economic threat to Minnesota; unless more residents get to and through college, there won’t be enough qualified workers to fill the jobs that require a post-secondary degree or certificate. “[O]ur

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

The Hechinger Report

In 2003, the Gates Foundation gave RISC $5.8 Nellie Mae passed on the money to the Portland-based Great Schools Partnership, which used it to coordinate The New England Secondary School Consortium, a coalition advocating for proficiency-based diplomas, among other things. Nellie Mae is among the many funders of The Hechinger Report.)

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9 Key Classroom Management Skills Backed up with Research

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Prompting for Expectations: Including pre-corrections, which guide students to meet expectations Prompting for expectations involves proactive reminders and guidance to help students meet the expected behavior or academic goals. American Secondary Education, 41(3), 21–33. References Dicke, T., Annett Schmeck, & Leutner, D.

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Kids struggle to read when schools leave phonics out

The Hechinger Report

It was 2015 and Jack Silva, the chief academic officer for the public schools in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, had a problem: Only 56 percent of third-graders in his district had scored proficient on the state reading test. By 2015, the district had turned the corner financially, and Silva was wondering why the reading scores were so terrible.

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The History of the Future of E-rate

Hack Education

As part of these modernization efforts , in 2015 the funding cap for E-rate was increased to $3.9 As part of these modernization efforts , in 2015 the funding cap for E-rate was increased to $3.9 The Supreme Court ruled in 2003 that CIPA does not violate the Constitution. That is, Internet speeds of 100 Mbps per 1000 users.)

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