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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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OPINION: Ending the stigma for college students with learning disabilities

The Hechinger Report

While 20 percent of elementary and secondary students have a learning disability, 94 percent of those students received some sort of help or accommodation while in high school. The post OPINION: Ending the stigma for college students with learning disabilities appeared first on The Hechinger Report. This is no accident.

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

Doug Levin

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., FY 2001: $450,000,000. Department of Education video.

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

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. In 2008, a few years after Hurricane Katrina, school officials in Louisiana asked aspiring charter-school leader Andrew Shahan to consider taking over the failing Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School in New Orleans’ Upper 9th Ward. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report.

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8 Ways to Help New Teachers Thrive (and Veteran Teachers Too!)

The CoolCatTeacher

A Smile is the Teacher’s Game Face This summer, I met Rob Brown , elementary school principal at Southside Christian School in South Carolina. Rob Brown, Elementary School Principal Southside Christian School, South Carolina In brief, I realized this important fact: A teacher’s smile is a teacher’s game face. 33) Bartell, C.

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

The Hechinger Report

Between 2008 and 2012, the same survey found job satisfaction among principals decreased nine percentage points, from 68 percent to 59 percent. A group of secondary network superintendents debrief after a visit to a classroom at a middle school in Oakland. Photo: Jackie Mader. What would be the first thing you tell the principal?”

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Immigrant students find hope in soccer, but some states won’t let them play

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Casey Parks/The Hechinger Report. Statewide, the number of Hispanic students has tripled over the past decade, from 17,000 in 2008 to 50,000 this year. Photo: Casey Parks/The Hechinger Report. The number of Hispanic students in Louisiana has tripled over the past decade, from 17,000 in 2008 to 50,000 this year. “We

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