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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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To Weather The Storms of Higher Education, Remember Why You’re There

Edsurge

In 2008, through some fabulous colleagues, I discovered TED Talks, which led me to leadership guru Simon Sinek. My why is helping learners integrate learning throughout their lives in ways that meet their educational dreams and provide resilience in their careers without sacrificing the other elements of their lives.

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The Value of Listening in the Classroom: How to Teach Your Students Active Listening

Waterford

Provide students with an opportunity to model active listening skills by holding regular classroom meetings.[7] 7] The subject of these meetings (anything from class policies to recent academic topics) doesn’t matter so much as the structure. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, November 2008, 12(11), pp. And finally, lead by example.

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Schools Are a Lifeline for Homeless Students. COVID-19 Is Severing the Connection.

Edsurge

I think that’s a really important part of this: There really isn’t another system out there that’s meeting their needs. The pandemic created a whole new level of families who were maybe always paycheck to paycheck and, all of a sudden, they weren’t able to make ends meet and were not familiar with what to do. It’s school.”

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10 things teachers can do today to prepare students for the future

eSchool News

In 2008, I read Clayton Christensen’s Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns. Teachers are diligently meeting state standards while covering course content and using technology to address collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and creativity. The environment.

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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

2004; Vescio, Ross, and Adams, 2008 ; The Wallace Foundation, 2012): A vision of academic success for all students based on high expectations. 2008; Webster-Wright, 2009 ; Accomplished California Teachers, 2012 ). 2008): Successful Collaboration. 2004; The Wallace Foundation, 2012 ). A safe and cooperative climate for learning.

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After the Pandemic, Higher Education Can’t Afford to Go Back to ‘Normal’

Edsurge

To further complicate matters, statisticians have long warned of the pending “ 2025 cliff ,” which represents the abrupt reduction of potential first-time, full-time freshmen projected to arrive in 2025 to 2026 due to the drop in birth rates between the years 2008 and 2011. Increase the flexibility of instruction, learning and assessment.

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