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How to Promote Additive Bilingualism over Subtractive Bilingualism in the Classroom

Waterford

If you’re trying to figure out the best way to support ELL children in the classroom, promoting additive bilingualism should be the goal whenever possible. 9] Additionally, if a child is from another culture, their first culture is also valued and respected in the classroom. Theory and Research in Education, 2009, 7(2), pp.

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How to Prevent the Summer Slide and Help Reduce Educational Inequality

Waterford

A student’s exposure to educational activities isn’t usually as rigorous during the summer as it is in the classroom, and some students may need a refresher at the beginning of the new year. Using strategies that promote an inclusive classroom during the school year can be a great way to prevent the achievement gap. Lundstrom, M.

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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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My Edublog Nomiations 2011

The Daring Librarian

Daring School Library Edublog ! Classroom blog. She also is one of Cengage/Gale and SLJ''s 5 national new library leaders program and a Shorty award winner! Best twitter hashtag - #tlchat, This is the hashtag that I always check to keep a pulse on library trends and news. I also like #EdChat a LOT! Why Edublog Awards?

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Developing Systems for Effective, Equitable Education for All Students

edWeb.net

Even before the pandemic and the shift to distance education, learning extended beyond the classroom. The president and founder of Bernstein Strategy Group, Jon Bernstein has been working on education, education technology and telecommunications issues since 1995 and running his own government relations firm since 2005.

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Wahoo! The 2013 Global Education Conference - Still Time to Present + Plan to Attend!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Lucy Gray and I, the founders and co-chairs of this massive, worldwide, and free event, may have gotten ourselves a little behind this year on GlobalEdCon planning (with STEMxCon in September, then the Reform Symposium , Library 2.01 The Charter was launched in November 2009. but we''re raring to go now, and we hope you are, too!

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How Classroom Political Discussions — Controversies, Too — Prepare Students for Needed Civic Participation

MindShift

A Twenty-first Century Guide to Politics in the Classroom . In their book about the research, The Political Classroom , Hess and McAvoy argue that schools, in order to fulfill their democratic mission, should be political (though not partisan). All around, classroom political discussions can be fraught with minefields.