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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. Journal of Education and Practice, November 2016, 7, pp. Develop Strong Parent-Teacher Partnerships.

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

The Hechinger Report

For this story, reporters analyzed every available open-enrollment charter application approved between 2005 and 2015 — the decade after Katrina. While seven of those 27 schools were able to reach 70 percent student proficiency in either English or math in 2016, none had attained 80 percent.

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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. Let’s imagine that this is the moment a parent challenges you in a meeting or the moment you learn that a colleague was diagnosed with a serious illness. meeting confrontation. Norton & Company.

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9 Key Classroom Management Skills Backed up with Research

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

2005; Gage & MacSuga-Gage, 2017). Prompting for Expectations: Including pre-corrections, which guide students to meet expectations Prompting for expectations involves proactive reminders and guidance to help students meet the expected behavior or academic goals. 2005; Gage & MacSuga-Gage, 2017).

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Developing Systems for Effective, Equitable Education for All Students

edWeb.net

What’s needed to address the digital divide for all is sustainable, dedicated funding that allows districts to meet the needs of the community. Amanda Karhuse has served as the director of advocacy for the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) since 2006. Tiffany Anderson, Ed.D. Join the Community.

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New Orleans finally has control of its own schools, but will all parents really have a say?

The Hechinger Report

In 2016, Rabalais, a well-connected, self-described charter school proponent, had learned that the Gentilly Terrace Elementary School would be closing its doors at the end of the school year — making the campus a blank canvas for a new kind of school. Frank Rabalais, Gentilly Terrace resident. Mario Tama/Getty Images.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 11, 2016. Trump’s education platform promises to “make post-secondary options more affordable and accessible through technology enriched delivery models.” Via Politico : “Meet Trump’s Cabinet-in-waiting.” Very unfair! — Donald J.