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How to Boost Family Involvement through Parent-Teacher Conferences

Waterford

Before you know it, parent-teacher conferences are right around the corner. It’s easy to let the conference season catch us by surprise, but did you know that parent-teacher conferences are one of the best ways to boost parent engagement? Encouraging Parental Involvement Before Conference Season.

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Math Problems that Unlock Student Thinking

The CoolCatTeacher

The “Open Middle” math problem format is NOT talking about middle school math, although it applies to middle, high school, elementary, and even college math just the same. Sometimes the problem is that students aren’t excited by the problems. However, math can be exciting.

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Teacher licensing rules are one reason small schools don’t have enough teachers

The Hechinger Report

As in most states, would-be educators have to demonstrate their experience, knowledge and moral suitability through recommendations, transcripts, licensure exams and criminal background checks, a multi-step undertaking that can take over a month in the best of circumstances. Credit: Erik Petersen for The Hechinger Report.

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Live Thursday Dec. 9th with Julie Young from Florida Virtual School

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

She is a frequent national conference speaker and has played an important role in charting the course of virtual K-12 education. In 2003, she was inducted into the USDLA “Hall of Fame.” In 2003, she was inducted into the USDLA “Hall of Fame.”

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‘It’s really hard to parent from behind bars’

The Hechinger Report

Brittany Jefferson says one of the hardest things about being incarcerated is not being around to help her children with their education. She tells them: “You only get one education, so you really need to be focusing hard if you want to do something successful in life.” Credit: Christine Zuniga. Read the series.

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May 31 - Interview with James Bosco on Digital Media and Participatory Learning

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Join me Tuesday, May 31st, for a live and interactive Future of Education webinar with James Bosco, Principle Investigator at the Consortium for School Networking ( CoSN ). James Bosco is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Educational Studies at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. and Catherine T.

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What Kids Need for Optimal Health and School Engagement

MindShift

Even the best-laid plans will likely remain plans without effective communication and professional development for school faculty and staff, a mechanism for soliciting and truly hearing student voices, and extensive parent education on the goals you are trying to accomplish with your new policies and programs.