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Grade Change: Moving a School Culture Forward

A Principal's Reflections

Recently Jeff Fiscina , one of my math teachers, submitted a guest post on my blog that emphasized some of his grading practices that best support and promote student learning. The conversation focused on some difficult questions such as what does a letter grade actually mean and how do you measure student learning.

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A Gullible Population Is a National Security Issue

The CoolCatTeacher

” This means I can say, “I learned this at the War College.” He asserts that the Chinese hacked the both the Obama and McCain campaigns in the 2008 election cycle. Digital Citizenship with Social Media: Participatory Practices of Teaching and Learning in Secondary Education. Kreowski, H. Singer, P.

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How Sustained Silent Reading Keeps Students Curious and Engaged

Edsurge

I can't believe how lucky it is that I got this job after moving to a new area because I'm meeting all sorts of interesting, amazing people and learning a lot about this area.” The Read-Aloud Handbook. I wanted to learn Spanish. I thought, "How do I learn the words people are using?" More about Sustained Silent Reading.

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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. is the Founder, Directress, and Principal Consultant for Meridian Learning. My Child Hates School and The Micro-School Builder’s Handbook. In addition to her work with Meridian Learning, Ms. Ring, M.Ed.

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Distributed groups and mobile technology

Connecting 2 the World

As the only German speaker in the group (and then it was limited), this meant that I needed to be available in case we had to communicate with the Center''s clerical staff, who were in the process of learning English. Portus (2008) had these findings in her study on mobile phone use in the Philippines. Law, P., & Peng, Y.

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Achieving Equity Through Systems, Strategies, and Educational Justice

edWeb.net

In a diverse school district with more than 20 schools and 23,000 students, providing an equitable opportunity for every student to learn and grow is not an easy task. An equity framework, inventory, and handbook have been created to streamline and provide supports for culturally responsive systems change. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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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.