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Rebuilding a School Community with Maker Learning

Digital Promise

In July 2018, Digital Promise launched a new Maker Learning Leadership Cohort dedicated to professional learning, peer connections, and school transformation in the Pittsburgh region. Beginning in 2007, the district’s financial situation and declining enrollment were impeding its ability to equitably serve the student population.

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Culturally Responsive Teaching: Tips and Strategies for Educators

Waterford

9,16] If educators are unaware how to teach and support multicultural students, they will fail to reach a significant portion of their school. Yet, there is hope: over 96% of elementary school teachers view culturally responsive teaching as important when working with diverse students.[7] Hosea Plays On by Kathleen M.

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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

The Hechinger Report

On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. In 2007, administrators were frustrated by the district’s poor outcomes and low graduation rate.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

For instance, in her study titled “ Adaptive Teaching: Reflective Practice of Two Elementary Teachers’ Visions and Adaptations During Literacy Instruction “, Vaughn (2014) examines how two elementary teachers adapt their teaching methods in response to their students’ needs during literacy instruction.

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Teaching isn’t Rocket Science – It’s Way More Complex

The CoolCatTeacher

Doug Green challenges our thinking about school, how we should teach, and the flaws with the testing programs we have in education today. Sponsor: The STLinATL Conference will be at Woodward Academy in Atlanta July 26-27, 2018. Link to show: Date: April 5, 2018. We need to teach students WHEN to divide, not how to divide.

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Merge Cube Mania in Middle School

The CoolCatTeacher

Date: April 11, 2018. How did you do that?” They were just totally engrossed in learning how to use the cube, just exploring all the depths of it. They had to tell what they learned about how to use it. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher. Stream by clicking here. Enhanced Transcript. So she is in Michigan.

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PROOF POINTS: Fixing online credit recovery remains elusive

The Hechinger Report

Online credit recovery programs were a big driver of improving high school graduation rates, which soared from under 70 percent in 2007 to over 84 percent in 2016. During the summers of 2018 and 2019, more than 1,600 students who had failed freshman English or Algebra I were randomly assigned to one of two versions of summer school.