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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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20 Texas Education Leaders to Follow on Twitter

MIND Research Institute

Can’t wait to see all the TASM members at #CAMT19 in about 3 hours for our summer business meeting. Get evidence-based PD from 7 of @utexascoe best professors in this 2-day workshop. Since 2008, our organization has sponsored more than 1,300 school leaders from Texas to attend week-long summer institutes @hgse. July 9, 2019.

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Minnesota has a persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?

The Hechinger Report

Luckily for Nyakora — and the patient, Operation’s “Cavity Sam” —the surgery is only a game, part of a stress-management workshop for freshmen and sophomores in a program for underrepresented students here at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Before Ontere leaves, she schedules a follow-up meeting and hands him a meal voucher.

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Buffalo shows turnaround of urban schools is possible, but it takes a lot more than just money

The Hechinger Report

But Say Yes also provides students with support specialists like Stubbe, access to medical and dental care, mental health counseling and legal clinics, plus after-school enrichment activities, college-readiness programs and mentoring; it provides students’ parents with job-readiness workshops and referrals to housing services.

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These formerly homeless single moms beat the odds and are now college grads

The Hechinger Report

If you meet two or three of people’s challenges, that’s good, but if they have 17 challenges, you’re not going to get very far,” said Cathe Dykstra, president and CEO of the growing program. Residents must enroll in a post-secondary program full-time and meet with academic and family counselors at least twice a month.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Teachers Are Moonlighting As Instagram Influencers To Make Ends Meet,” Buzzfeed reported in 2018. And, of course, many teachers find themselves working as Uber drivers as they struggle to make ends meet on their salaries. In addition, he held meetings with the major publishers, such as Pearson Education, about partnering with Apple.

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Inside the oil industry’s not-so-subtle push into K-12 education

The Hechinger Report

Merritt is among 14,000 Oklahoma teachers who have attended workshops on how to use what the board calls its “innovative, one-of-a-kind science and energy curriculum in their classrooms.” On a recent Saturday, a workshop was in session at Choctaw High School , east of Oklahoma City.