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5 critical ingredients in a school safety plan

eSchool News

A separate survey found that 26 percent of teachers are “afraid for their physical safety” while at school and report “dread” when the new school year starts in August. As the halfway point approaches, there have already been 69 shootings this school year, up from 18 in all of 2008. Document actions for continued improvement.

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Grade Change: Moving a School Culture Forward

A Principal's Reflections

This not only reflects grading as punishment, but also creates a hole that students cannot dig out of (Gusskey, 2000, Reeves, 2004, Reeves, 2008, O’Conner and Wormeli, 2011). Multiple forms of formal assessment : Marking period grades have to be comprised of multiple forms of assessment.

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

Doug Levin

Note that the last category is the most subjective and one might reasonably argue some reports (including those conducted under contract with the U.S. Please feel free to comment if you believe I’ve missed a key document or piece of crucial information, or if you have a question regarding the context of a specific statement or document.

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America’s reading problem: Scores were dropping even before the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

More than a dozen studies have documented that students, on average, made sluggish progress in reading during the pandemic. Six newsrooms joined together to report on the problem and find solutions for America’s reading problem. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. The pandemic made a bad situation worse. Reading Remedies.

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PROOF POINTS: Seven new studies on the impact of a four-day school week?

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Photo: Rory Doyle / The Hechinger Report. We know that kids love it and so do parents and teachers,” said Emily Morton, a researcher at NWEA, a nonprofit assessment company, who has studied four-day school weeks around the country. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Is a four-day school week a bad idea?

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Explicit Instruction Best Practices for Teaching Math to Unique Learners

N2Y

The Panel published its findings in a formal report in 2008. The report also offers recommendations for teachers, schools, districts, and policymakers. Whiteboards, SMART Boards, document cameras and worksheets, chart paper with colored markers, and manipulatives are all common materials used for modeling.

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TEACHER VOICE: How Australia built a better career path for teachers

The Hechinger Report

Australians have a colloquial habit of assessing things using the question, “What do you reckon?” This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Related: How an Australian company won the top spot in teacher training in New York City.