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Culturally Responsive Teaching: Tips and Strategies for Educators

Waterford

Culturally responsive teaching encompasses little steps like adding diverse books in your classroom library , as well as larger ones like adjusting your curriculum to include voices from marginalized communities. Bringing cultural diversity into your classroom instruction can revolutionize the learning experience for your students.

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Preparing Young Students for Home Row Keyboarding: An Unplugged Approach

Ask a Tech Teacher

Teachers don’t have time to teach each child how to do this, so, much of keyboard learning is done by self-directed games. If students wait to receive formal instruction in secondary grades they may already have too many bad habits engrained ( Bartholome ,1998). Lessons incorporate discovery learning based on National Standards (e.g.,

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Seeing the Pandemic as an Opportunity for Change

edWeb.net

Disconnection between teaching and learning: Teachers often confuse covering the material with teaching to the kids—if they teach to understanding, then the classroom becomes a different environment. They need to develop relationships with each student, learn about their individual situations, and help them as needed. Noguera, Ph.D.

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

The Hechinger Report

In theory, proficiency-based models let students learn at their own pace, speeding up if they grasp a concept quickly, and getting extra help if they struggle. In practice, though, it can take many different forms, including independent study, learning communities and online programs. In 2003, the Gates Foundation gave RISC $5.8

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Live (Early) Friday February 24th with Dennis Littky on Big Picture Schools Schools

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Join me Friday, February 24th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Dennis Littky to talk about "The Big Picture:" his book , Big Picture Schools, and Big Picture Learning. Dennis Littky is the co-founder and co-director of Big Picture Learning and the Met Center in Providence. psid=2012-02-24.0944.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350

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Good analysis of higher ed trends and strategy: Jon McGee’s _Breakpoint_

Bryan Alexander

In the book’s first half McGee does a great job of exploring transformative forces in economics, demographics, and culture. That population is increasingly nonwhite: “By 2023, graduates of color will represent nearly half of all high school graduates… up from one-third in 2003.”

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Good analysis of higher ed trends and strategy: Jon McGee’s _Breakpoint_

Bryan Alexander

In the book’s first half McGee does a great job of exploring transformative forces in economics, demographics, and culture. That population is increasingly nonwhite: “By 2023, graduates of color will represent nearly half of all high school graduates… up from one-third in 2003.”