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Summer Learning Loss: A National Dilemma

A Principal's Reflections

As the summer break quickly approaches in the Northeast I have come across various articles focusing on summer learning loss and the negative impact that time off has on students. In 2010 Time Magazine published an article that clearly articulated The Case Against Summer Vacation.

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?Access or Prestige: Can Colleges Do Both by US News?

Edsurge

And that puts colleges into the uncomfortable position of having to choose between prestige and access. Big wins, big upsets In the 2010-11 academic year, UC Riverside’s six-year graduation rate was 66 percent. In response to the POLITICO article , the magazine's chief data strategist Robert Morse wrote: U.S. News recognizes.

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What school librarians make (revisited)

NeverEndingSearch

Back in November of 2010, I wrote a response to a superintendent’s proposed elimination of school libraries in New York State. It’s equity of access. I am here to help learners efficiently access what they need through the digitally curated websites and guides I create and maintain. It is open day and night.

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From Testing to Transformational Change with Pam Moran

The CoolCatTeacher

From Testing to Triumphant Learning with Pam Moran. Pam: One of the things that’s pretty interesting since the last time we talked, Vicki, is that I was part of a group originally in 2010 that started lobbying of superintendents. Listen Now. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher. Stream by clicking here. Enhanced Transcript.

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Data, Policies, and Plans for the Journey to Equity

edWeb.net

Dr. Nuland began with an overview of equity studies, which have shown educational achievement is correlated with access to certified and experienced teachers, but students of color have less access to these types of teachers. Under his leadership, student learning in Riverbank USD improved and opportunities for students have expanded.

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Register Now for the "Library as Classroom" Free Mini-Conference on June 15th

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

In A New Culture of Learning , authors Douglas Thomas and John Seely Brown write, “Where imaginations play, learning happens.” The library as creative classroom means we approach the learning opportunities we create with thought, user-directed planning, and insights from research. This is a free event, being held online.

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Live Thursday Dec. 16th with Writer Alfie Kohn (note early time)

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

His criticisms of competition and rewards have been widely discussed and debated, and he has been described in Time magazine as "perhaps the country''s most outspoken critic of education''s fixation on grades [and] test scores." His many articles on education include a dozen widely reprinted essays in Phi Delta Kappan from 1991 to 2008.