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Secondary Teachers Transform Their Practice

Battelle for Kids

Gallagher, 2003, p. 3) It is common knowledge among secondary English teachers that many students don't read assigned texts, often relying on SparkNotes to successfully complete assignments and prepare for assessments.

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4 focus areas to embrace innovation and avoid school system failure

eSchool News

” UVA-PLE has partnered with more than 400 schools across 100 districts in 25 states since 2003. . “Districts that innovate and embrace change will thrive, and the districts that choose to ignore or, worse, resist transformation put themselves and their students at risk.” This press release originally appeared online.

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Nepal says students have a right to learn in their native languages —but it still isn’t happening

The Hechinger Report

An analysis of the last three years of Banke district’s final secondary education exam results—conducted at the end of 10th grade—found that only 30 percent of students who scored a GPA higher than 3.0 Students learn Nepali during a May 2003 lesson at the Mahendra Jhoti Secondary School in Chaurikharka, Nepal.

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Preparing Young Students for Home Row Keyboarding: An Unplugged Approach

Ask a Tech Teacher

If students wait to receive formal instruction in secondary grades they may already have too many bad habits engrained ( Bartholome ,1998). Utah State University, 2003) is an elementary educator. The issue is that levels students obtain don’t always translate to keyboard mastery. Come join the conversation at keyboardingarts.org.

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Classroom prizes and grants available!

Educational Technology Guy

One of last year’s winners reported back, “I have been participating in the Speak Up survey ever since it started [in 2003]. Since 2003, more than 3.7 Schools, districts and participants also have the chance to win prizes and grants just for expressing their views on some of the hottest topics in education.

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Culturally Responsive Teaching: Tips and Strategies for Educators

Waterford

December 2003. Indicator 6: Elementary and Secondary Enrollment. A Framework for Culturally Responsive Teaching. Educational Leadership, September 1995, 53(1), pp. Pewewardy, C., and Hammer, P.C. Culturally Responsive Teaching for American Indian Students. Teaching To and Through Cultural Diversity. Curriculum Inquiry, 2013, 43(1), pp.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., FY 2003 $700,500,000.

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