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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This could involve using differentiated instruction, incorporating multicultural education, or employing a range of assessment methods. The importance of adaptability for teachers is well documented in the research literature (e.g., Brouwer & Korthagen, 2005; Ferrari, Cachia, & Punie, 2009; Zhu et al., Madda et al.,

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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 2009 $269,900,000 (President Bush’s request: $0).

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PROOF POINTS: New evidence of high school grade inflation

The Hechinger Report

Today, A students make up a majority of ACT test takers, some of whom are not college bound and take the test as a required high school assessment. points from a 3.0 – a B – in 2009 to 3.11 Just as ACT scores declined, so did 12th grade math scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a national achievement test.

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Hindsight: How I *WISH* I had Supported Our Technology Rollout

Tech Helpful

Simon Sinek originally published his book Start with the Why in 2009. Our elementary school started with a rolling cart of iPads and we have slowly added more and more into the mix for use and a chromebook cart as well. Over the last few years, we have created a Technology Integration: Goals and Outcomes for Students document.

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How one Chicago high school turned the corner using full-time internships

The Hechinger Report

The school, where more than 90 percent of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and 14 percent are counted as homeless, was founded in 2009 to teach skills valued by the booming technology sector. The document also covers assessments for interpersonal skills and habits of mind.

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The newly reimagined Empire State Information Fluency Continuum

NeverEndingSearch

Barbara Stripling, Professor Emerita, Syracuse University, and former ALA President, describes the history and goals of the project that builds on an earlier version developed by school librarians in 2009 under the auspices of the Office of Library Services and its former Director, Dr. Stripling. The heart of the ESIFC is our students.

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PROOF POINTS: Charter schools have improved in the past 15 years, but many still fail students, researchers say

The Hechinger Report

Starting in the “pits” The outlook for charter schools didn’t seem nearly this rosy back in 2009, when Stanford’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) released its first national charter school study. CREDO’s second study documented that reading achievement at charters flipped from negative to positive territory.

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