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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). We need to avoid the “marking period killer” assignment, which is one project, test, or other assignment that will make or break a student’s grade (Reeves, 2008).

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A Gullible Population Is a National Security Issue

The CoolCatTeacher

He asserts that the Chinese hacked the both the Obama and McCain campaigns in the 2008 election cycle. Handbook of Cyber-Development, Cyber-Democracy, and Cyber-Defense , 1-25. For those upset about a foreign entity meddling in U.S. elections, take a look at David Sanger’s new book The Perfect Weapon , released June 18.

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How Sustained Silent Reading Keeps Students Curious and Engaged

Edsurge

The Read-Aloud Handbook. “I failed retirement,” chuckles Steve Gardiner during a recent conversation. It would be like saying, "Instead of running two miles each day, we'll just run ten miles on Friday." If they do that, they're going to be injured, and they're not going to have any fun! More about Sustained Silent Reading. Steve's Website.

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REINVENTING.SCHOOL Live Show Today - The Exploding Trend of "Pandemic Pods" and Micro-Schools #reinventingschool #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Mara Linaberger, EdD is Founder & COO, Microschool Builder, and the author of The Micro-School Builder’s Handbook. My Child Hates School and The Micro-School Builder’s Handbook. Her desire to create more personalized experiences for youth-led her to the founding of Meridian Learning in 2008. Ring, M.Ed.

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Distributed groups and mobile technology

Connecting 2 the World

In a recent chapter I wrote about mobile technology, researchers (Ladner, 2008; Julsrud & Bakke, 2009) found that there is a blurring of the lines between work and home life. Portus (2008) had these findings in her study on mobile phone use in the Philippines. Katz (Ed), Handbook of mobile communication studies (pp.

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Direct Measurement of Curiosity using the Mindwave Mobile

Cycles of Learning

2008) , I have been semi-obsessed with what is ACTUALLY happening, from a cognitive perspective, when a student feels "curious". al''s (2008) call to find a more cost affordable way to directly measure student curiosity can be addressed, and perhaps, the "achievement engine" that Sir Ken Robinson discusses, can be amplified.

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Achieving Equity Through Systems, Strategies, and Educational Justice

edWeb.net

An equity framework, inventory, and handbook have been created to streamline and provide supports for culturally responsive systems change. Domenech has served as Executive Director of AASA, The School Superintendents Association since July 2008. About the Moderator. Dr. Daniel A.

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