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9 Key Classroom Management Skills Backed up with Research

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

2005; Gage & MacSuga-Gage, 2017). 2005; Gage & MacSuga-Gage, 2017). .” This detailed praise not only encourages the specific behavior but also sets a positive example for other students to follow. Effective instructional strategies involve clear direction and the application of evidence-based teaching methods.

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How Parent Empowerment Can Change Your Classroom for the Better

Waterford

8] Additionally, one study found that when parents are involved in schools, their children are more likely to graduate from high school and attend post-secondary education.[9]. Teachers College Record, October 2005, 107(10), pp. Parent Involvement and Children’s Academic and Social Development in Elementary School.

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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 2010 $100,000,000. FY 2003 $700,500,000.

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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

In 2008, a few years after Hurricane Katrina, school officials in Louisiana asked aspiring charter-school leader Andrew Shahan to consider taking over the failing Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School in New Orleans’ Upper 9th Ward. Related: A new movement to treat troubled children as ‘sad, not bad’.

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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. Purposeful Modeling. These courses include blended methods and technologies for blended learning environments. In The Field.

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Held back, but not helped

The Hechinger Report

Laster’s presentation, based on 2010 data, reported that 28 percent of Louisiana students did not make it to fourth grade on time. Most students lost months or even years of school time after Katrina hit in 2005. But they have much better tools than they did in 2005 when the retention policy was put into place,” he said.

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High school should be more like preschool

The Hechinger Report

The approach traces its origins to the ideas of Maria Montessori , inventor of the Montessori method used in preschools and elementary schools globally, who encouraged children to do self-directed projects based on their interests. Preschools and elementary schools across the U.S Probably not,” she said.