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Research: The Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Learning

TeachThought - Learn better.

Researc h: The Influence Of Socioeconomic Status In Elementary School Kieffer (2010) organized a study on upper elementary students focusing on reading levels of English language learners (ELLs) and native English speakers. ELLs and low-SES students are at an elevated risk for these difficulties (Kieffer, 2010).

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How Differentiated Instruction Can Help You Reach Every Student in Class

Waterford

Our programs assign these lessons based on a student’s placement assessment and their demonstrated mastery. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2013, 17(1), pp. Exceptionality: A Special Education Journal, 2010, 18(1), pp. Differentiation of Instruction in the Elementary Grades. Landrum, T.J., and McDuffie, K.A.

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A Teacher’s Guide to Toxic Stress in the Classroom

Waterford

Anxiety about grades and assessments is one of the major causes (outside of ACEs) of student stress.[12] Pediatrics, February 2013, 131(2), pp. Pediatrics, November 2013, 132, pp. The link between classroom teacher burnout and morning cortisol in elementary school students. Monitor, January 2010, 41(1), pp.

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The Reading League Journal – The Perfect Storm: Mississippi’s Momentum for Improving Reading Achievement

ExcelinEd

In 2011, 78% of 4th graders scored below proficient in reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). In 2013, Mississippi’s governor, state lawmakers, state education department officials, literacy advocates, and other stakeholders decided it was time to “Go Big.” Go big or go home. One thing was certain.

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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 2010 $100,000,000. FY 2013 $0. FY 2014 $0.

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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

In 2008, a few years after Hurricane Katrina, school officials in Louisiana asked aspiring charter-school leader Andrew Shahan to consider taking over the failing Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School in New Orleans’ Upper 9th Ward. They completely made sense to me.” Related: When a hyped school model proves difficult to replicate.

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Five Learning Strategies that Work

Digital Promise

Whereas a Google search for “learning techniques” returns over 400 million results, researchers Dunlosky, Rawson, Marsh, Mitchell, and Willingham (2013) culled through hundreds of studies to provide a “curated” analysis of the 10 most effective learning techniques commonly used by students. Dunlosky et al.

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