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Preparing Young Students for Home Row Keyboarding: An Unplugged Approach

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

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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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One of the poorest cities in America was succeeding in an education turnaround. Is that now in peril?

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The group, made up of people with kids in the school system, functions as a communications channel between other parents and school principals and teachers. The proportion of chronically absent students in Cleveland schools doubled to about half of the entire student body from 2020 to 2022; students lost between 3 and 14 months of learning.

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Implementing Innovation Strategies to Make School Districts More Equitable

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To recognize and work through this sort of situation, McNulty recommends avoiding the “polarity stereotyping” of traditionalists and progressives, in which each group views the other as representing policies they disfavor while portraying their own views as having no downside. From 2001-2003, he served as Vermont’s Education Commissioner.

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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

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These types of arrangements require effective partnering with unions and community groups, in order to identify solutions and reach agreements while dealing with budget shortfalls. She pointed out that the legislation was passed quickly and without a lot of accountability, leaving a lot of the details to be figured out later.

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Seeing the Pandemic as an Opportunity for Change

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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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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

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Teaching quality has been defined as “instruction that enables a wide range of students to learn” ( Darling-Hammond, 2012 ), and it is the strongest school-related factor that can improve student learning and achievement ( Hanushek, 2011 ; Nye, Konstantopoulos, and Hedges, 2004 ; Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005 ).

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