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How Family Engagement Leads to Student Success

Waterford

You can encourage families to join your school’s family-teacher association or arrange virtual family-teacher meetings for families with transportation issues. Connect with families in person or in regular virtual meetings. Journal of Education and Practice, November 2016, 7, 82-98. Family Engagement = Student Success.

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Much ado about NAEP

Dangerously Irrelevant

Loveless noted in 2016 that: Equating NAEP proficiency with grade level is bogus. If high school students are required to meet NAEP proficient to graduate from high school, large numbers will fail. It’s significantly above that. ” Does that result surprise anyone? They immediately came under fire in reviews by the U.S. emphasis added].

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?What Does It Take to Create Diverse Schools? Meet the Pioneers Making It Happen

Edsurge

Dig into the full report to learn more about each of these, and to meet the pioneers featured in the report below. In 2016, Dr. Assisi was recognized at California Assemblymember Shirley Weber’s fourth annual Salute to Women Leaders, and named one of the “40 Under 40” by the San Diego Metro Magazine. Recruiting targeted populations.

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PROOF POINTS: New evidence of high school grade inflation

The Hechinger Report

ACT’s researchers calculated that the number of test takers with an A average surpassed the number of B students after 2016. Something interesting is happening in 2016. points from a 3.0 – a B – in 2009 to 3.11 Grade inflation was fairly modest during the first half of the 2010s and began to take off after 2016.

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Foreign Language Classes are Becoming More Scarce

Digital Promise

Government Accountability Office, nearly one in four Foreign Service officers do not meet the language proficiency requirements that they should meet to do their jobs. The number of programs is increasing to meet demand from parents and communities, with 180 dual-language public school programs in New York City alone in 2015.

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Technology I use on a Daily Basis - 2016 Version

Educational Technology Guy

Here's my updated version for Spring, 2016. I use it for travel, conferences and off-site meetings. In the past, I've written about the technology I use on a daily basis (see bottom of page for links). I am a K-12 Education Strategist for CDW-G. I have the 4GB Ram version. I use it at home sometimes when I need to type.

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Empty Desks: Getting Chronically Absent Students Back to Class Is No Easy Feat

Edsurge

The state began collecting and publishing chronic absenteeism data from schools during the 2016-17 school year. Students performed better in 2019, with 18 percent meeting state standards for ELA and just under 12 percent meeting standards for math. Only around 12 percent met or exceeded the English language arts (ELA) standards.

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