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Culturally Responsive Teaching: Tips and Strategies for Educators

Waterford

Urban Education, 2004, 39(3), pp. Indicator 6: Elementary and Secondary Enrollment. September 2016. Journal of Teacher Education, 2002, 53(2), pp. Brown, D.F. Urban Teachers’ Professed Classroom Management Strategies: Reflections of Culturally Responsive Teaching. Teaching and Teacher Education, October 2007, 23(7), pp.

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Helping Your Student with Disabilities Prepare for the Future

Digital Promise

According to a 2016 report by the United States Department of Education, approximately 11 percent of all undergraduates report having a disability – up from 6 percent almost two decades prior. For many, these services are provided under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 ( IDEA ).

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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 2016 $0 (President Obama’s request: $200,000,000).

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Why Professors Need to Work to Inspire Their Students

Edsurge

Sarah Cavanaugh, author of The Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion (2016) , describes how we can energize our students’ learning by heightening curiosity, encouraging mindfulness and capturing learners’ attention. Thankfully, there is a renewed emphasis on how emotions can spark learning.

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8 Ways to Help New Teachers Thrive (and Veteran Teachers Too!)

The CoolCatTeacher

The Learning Policy Institute says in their 2016 study, Well-designed mentoring programs improve retention rates for new teachers, as well as their attitudes, feelings of efficacy, and instructional skills.(32) Progress through the teacher pipeline: 1992–93 college graduates and elementary/ secondary school teaching as of 1997.

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Five Compelling Reasons For Teaching Spatial Reasoning To Young Children

MindShift

Currently, many countries are concerned by the low numbers of post-secondary students, particularly female students, entering these disciplines. Excerpted from “ Taking Shape: Activities to Develop Geometric and Spatial Thinking ” by Joan Moss, Catherine D. Bruce, Bev Caswell, Tara Flynn, and Zachary Hawes.

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Join Us in Chicago for the Fourth Annual Global Leadership Summit - March 15, 2019

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

In that role, Abdel-Kader was responsible for encouraging and promoting the study of foreign languages and the study other countries’ cultures at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels in the United States. Department of Education. In 2013, Brady was named a Teachers for Global Classrooms Fellow by the U.S.