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How Parent Empowerment Can Change Your Classroom for the Better

Waterford

You may already be familiar with parent involvement and engagement, or listening to and working with parents in the classroom. It means embracing the belief that all voices and perspectives are welcome in your classroom,[1] and intentionally providing space for those voices to be heard.

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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 2009 $269,900,000 (President Bush’s request: $0).

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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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Discipline Outdoes Talent—Here’s How

Fractus Learning

“In…studies of both secondary school and university students, self-discipline has surpassed intelligence test scores to better predict school performance, attendance, and graduation honors. For school performance, “discipline outdoes talent,” concluded researchers Angela Duckworth and Martin Seligman (2005, 2006).”

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Preparing Teaching Candidates for Blended and Online Environments

Fractus Learning

Elementary, middle grades, and secondary teaching candidates at Lenoir-Rhyne University have the option of pursuing a track in blended or online learning as part of their teacher preparation program. Training teachers for virtual classrooms: A description of an experimental course in online pedagogy. Purposeful Modeling. In The Field.

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4 finalists vie for Superintendent of the Year

eSchool News

Williamson began his journey in public education as a classroom teacher. During that time, he held the positions of classroom teacher, assistant principal, principal, director of secondary curriculum and superintendent. In the summer of 2006, he was named superintendent of Hoke County Schools.

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How Mindfulness Can Help Teachers and Students Manage Challenging Situations

MindShift

Excerpted from “ Mindfulness in the Secondary Classroom: A Guide for Teaching Adolescents ,” (c) 2019 by Patricia C. Some of the very real challenges of life and the classroom are ill-?defined Oliva & Piqueras, 2016; Simons & Gaher, 2005). Hoeksema, & Schouten, 2009). 2014; Spear, 2009).