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How Family Engagement Leads to Student Success

Waterford

It happens when families commit to making their child’s education a priority, and teachers commit to listening and collaborating with families. With involvement, teachers hold the primary responsibility to set educational goals. Children with families engaged in their education are more likely to: Earn higher grades and test scores[1].

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Will new standards improve elementary science education?

The Hechinger Report

Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. Most elementary school teachers have little scientific background and many say they feel unprepared to teach the subject well, according to a national survey of science and mathematics education conducted by a North Carolina research firm in 2012.

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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

The following three sections detail the range of best practices found by researchers to be critical for ensuring educator growth and success: Effective Administrator and Teacher Leadership. 2004; Alliance for Excellent Education, 2011 ). 2008; Webster-Wright, 2009 ; Accomplished California Teachers, 2012 ).

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How Parent Empowerment Can Change Your Classroom for the Better

Waterford

Did you know that when parents play an active role of their child’s education, academic achievement improves, students are more likely to feel confident and self-motivated, and chronic absenteeism drops? By empowering parents and giving them a voice, you can partner with them to help every student in your class reach their potential.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

Secretary of Education Richard W. Yet, understanding this history is crucial to understanding the meandering path we are on with respect to determining the best and appropriate future role for the federal government with respect to educational technology – a task I have set out for myself in a series of posts on this very topic.

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Will New Standards Improve Elementary Science Education?

MindShift

This story about science instruction was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. NGSS is going to give us a reason to teach science.”.

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Student Data Privacy: What’s Your Obligation?

Tom Murray

House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education and the U.S. Records of 12,000 special education students who attend public and charter schools in Washington D.C. In 2014, I was asked to testify before Congress, in front of the U.S. – FERPA|SHERPA.