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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

edWeb.net

Faced with fast-changing instructional models, varying infection rates, decreasing revenue sources, and a variety of natural disasters, how can education finance officials meet the short-term needs of their districts as well as longer-term requirements? LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. from Penn where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

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PBS to Present “Spotlight Education,” A Special Week of Programming Featuring Reports About America’s Students and New Models of Learning, September 12-17

EdNews Daily

The “Teach Boldly” teacher support initiative will include a series of virtual and community training events and the launch of the new PBS Teachers’ Lounge, a creative digital space where teachers can share ideas, learn from peers, find daily inspiration and access the tools and resources they need to enhance their work in the classroom.

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How Being Part of a ‘House’ Within a School Helps Students Gain A Sense of Belonging

MindShift

The attachments formed tend to be so significant that alumni, upon meeting one another, frequently ask, “What college were you?”. We have first-graders on our campus that would never have the opportunity to become buddies with a fifth-grader,” Hayes said, “but now they see each other at the house meeting every Friday.”

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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). That data has become a valuable tool for educators, policy makers and researchers. Monday, Sept.

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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. offer valuable tools and perspectives for educators at all levels. Gage, Ph.D., and Ashley S.

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Something NEW is coming to Truth for Teachers…

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Secondary teachers, you are going to especially love this, as I’ve got a bunch of high school teachers sharing ideas. While I don’t think folks who teach younger students will feel in any way left out this season, I do think secondary teachers are going to be especially seen and heard. Teaching is very different.