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How Differentiated Instruction Can Help You Reach Every Student in Class

Waterford

If a student might work more efficiently in a quieter learning environment, for example, you could allow them to complete a project in the school library. Students can also select independent reading books from our online library. Exceptionality: A Special Education Journal, 2010, 18(1), pp. To learn more , get in touch!

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Culturally Responsive Teaching: Tips and Strategies for Educators

Waterford

Culturally responsive teaching encompasses little steps like adding diverse books in your classroom library , as well as larger ones like adjusting your curriculum to include voices from marginalized communities. Indicator 6: Elementary and Secondary Enrollment. January 2010. That’s where culturally responsive teaching comes in.

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What Schools Can Learn About Communication From the Vatican’s Former Social Media Chief

Edsurge

Odd as his presence may have seemed, it was not out of the ordinary for the Church, which first devised a social media strategy around 2010. In secondary school in Ireland, he pursued science, thinking he was heading for a career in medicine. (Think “social media director” for the Catholic Church.)

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Librarians at the Forefront of “Future Ready”

edWeb.net

Michelle Luhtala , Department Chair of the New Canaan, CT, High School Library and a 2015 Library Journal Mover & Shaker , is a leader in helping teacher-librarians all around the country to become Future Ready. She is the winner of the 2011 “I Love My Librarian” Award and the Library Association’s 2010 Outstanding Librarian Award.

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Video Book Trailer Awards

The Daring Librarian

On September 27th, School Library Journal will ask readers to vote for the best video trailers that promote books and encourage reading. Winners will be announced at the School Library Journal Leadership Summit on the Future of Reading on October 22, 2010 in Chicago.

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When the children leave: What’s left after a mass exodus of young people from Puerto Rico?

The Hechinger Report

But, even as the number of students declined, the schools still served a secondary purpose as community hubs — hubs that residents are intent on getting back. “ Compared to 2010, nearly 250,000 fewer children attend K-12 public schools in Puerto Rico today, a decline of 45 percent. she said, smiling.

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Isn’t it time to stop Wikipedia shaming?

NeverEndingSearch

Like the university professor on the study’s advisory panel, in the higher education sample, students highly valued Wikipedia, considering it a reliable old friend for its ability to get them up to speed on an unfamiliar topic and for its references to both primary and secondary sources. Retrieved from [link]. Head, A., & Eisenberg, M.

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