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5 Ways to Build Reading Stamina in Adolescent Students

The CoolCatTeacher

Students Perform on the Most Recent Assessments?” UNESCO (2017, September 2017). She has published articles in the Wisconsin English Journal and has spoken at state and national conferences on aspects of secondary literacy. October 31, 2011. June 16, 2011. 2019, October 14, 2021). “How Did U.S.

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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 2011 $100,000,000 (President Obama’s request: $0).

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Minnesota has a persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?

The Hechinger Report

With people of color expected to make up a quarter of the state’s population by 2035, these gaps represent an economic threat to Minnesota; unless more residents get to and through college, there won’t be enough qualified workers to fill the jobs that require a post-secondary degree or certificate. “[O]ur Today, 27 percent are, Dastmozd said.

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Library 2.017 Makerspaces Special Pre-Conference Webinar - Fayetteville Free Library on "STEAM and Making at the FFL"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

In 2016, Sue Considine received the PLA Charlie Robinson award for innovation and excellence in public library leadership and finally in 2017, Sue received the Business of the Year award on behalf of the Fayetteville Free Library from the FM Chamber of Commerce. Michael received his MSED in Literacy from SUNY Cortland in 2011.

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iPads for Masterful Math: Randomizing Formative Math Assessment

The CoolCatTeacher

Dr. Sean Nank’s research shows that the single biggest method for improving learning with iPads is to use online formative assessments. However, his formative assessments have a twist — students are all answering DIFFERENT math questions. Masterful Math: Randomizing Formative Math Assessment. We created Assessment Items.

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How diplomas based on skill acquisition, not credits earned, could change education

The Hechinger Report

Freshman Kylee Elderkin works on an assignment in English class at Nokomis High School in Newport on Friday, June 2, 2017. Mary Nadeau, principal of Nokomis High School in Newport, poses for a photo in a hallway of the school on Friday, June 2, 2017. Elderkin says she used to routinely miss key skills and do poorly on tests.

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Will new standards improve elementary science education?

The Hechinger Report

hours per week on science during the 2011-12 school year, the last for which data is available, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. In the summer of 2017, she passed that training on to 19 of her Redmond colleagues who wanted to learn more about teaching science in their elementary school classrooms.