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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

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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Can We Design Online Learning Platforms That Feel More Intimate Than Massive?

Edsurge

Teachers spend hours designing and setting up their classrooms. One of EdSurge’s most popular articles described how a teacher used flexible seating to create a classroom that resembled Starbucks, spawning a movement to “ Starbucks your classroom. ” They arrange cozy reading nooks and construct colorful bulletin boards.

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Twelve Years Later: What’s Really Changed in the K-12 Sector? (Part 1)

Edsurge

A friend recently read a 2004 Harvard Business School case study of Wireless Generation’s work in Montgomery County, Maryland, and responded: “Thanks! As a case study, consider a typical district literacy initiative, which is anchored on one of the big basal reading programs.

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

Doug Levin

FY 2004 $695,900,000 (President Bush’s request: $700,500,000). State Educational Technology Directors Association ( SETDA ) annual reports of program implementation: 2004. 2012 and 2012 (ARRA case studies). Appropriations: FY 2002 $700,500,000 (President Bush’s request: $817,096,000). FY 2003 $700,500,000.

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The Importance of a Multidisciplinary IEP Team

N2Y

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 is the federal education law that makes sure the IEP team is multidisciplinary, which means it’s a sizable team. Case study. Moore is a special education teacher and the IEP case manager for Micah, a sixth grade student with a specific learning disability.

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Cultivating an Anti-Racist School District

edWeb.net

This includes the use of case studies, starting at the elementary level, which are standards-based, transdisciplinary, and give young people “voice and choice” in what and how they are learning. Anti-Racist Implementation.

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Blackboard Co-Founder: ‘4 Secrets to Building a Tech Company for Higher Ed’

Edsurge

Colleges were spending millions networking classrooms and residence halls, and I wondered about the absence of technology in the “front office” for teaching and learning. Universities often ask to get a product for free, promising to be a reference or case study. I do not doubt their sincerity, but rarely does it work out.