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6 findings to inform your state’s principal preparation

eSchool News

The report updates a prior 2007 study, Preparing School Leaders for a Changing World, led by Darling-Hammond. It also examines survey results and statewide policies to understand the extent to which principals have access to high-quality learning opportunities and the role of policies in increasing access.

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How Differentiated Instruction Can Help You Reach Every Student in Class

Waterford

Content : How the student will access the information. Process : The method of the activities students use to understand the information. Product : Projects or homework that ask the student to practice or apply the information. Learning environment : The space where the student is learning the information. Landrum, T.J.,

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. This change remained in appropriations language from FY 2007 through FY 2011.

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Women’s History Month should have a place for teachers

The Hechinger Report

Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. The people who are most likely to relay that information should be recognized, too.

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Held back, but not helped

The Hechinger Report

Leave this field empty if you're human: Retentions in Louisiana peaked a few years after Katrina and have fallen steadily since; nearly 9 percent of the state’s students were held back in 2007, only 5 percent were retained in 2011. percent national average. Students who failed LEAP suddenly have more options than pass or fail.

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How to help principals do a better job? Train their bosses

The Hechinger Report

By observing lessons and spending more time with students, administrators may be better informed about challenges in schools, and better equipped to support principals. A group of secondary network superintendents debrief after a visit to a classroom at a middle school in Oakland. Photo: Jackie Mader. Smith asked.

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Is teacher preparation failing students with disabilities?

The Hechinger Report

She also learned how to keep students with disabilities on task and break down lessons into smaller, easier bits of information for students who were struggling. A study in 2007 found that general education teachers in a teacher preparation program reported taking an average of 1.5 No one taught her these strategies.