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How to Promote Family Engagement During the First Weeks of School

Waterford

Learn why family engagement matters and how to encourage it in your classroom from the first day of school onward. How to Prepare for Back to School Night. For this reason, parent-teacher conferences that are as accessible as possible are essential for family engagement. ” Educational Leadership, May 2011, 68(8), pp.

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OPINION: It may be time to rethink the emphasis on taking calculus in high school

The Hechinger Report

In 2011, a panel of mathematicians and math educators mapped college-prep sequences in high school math and proposed pathways that led not only to calculus but also to statistics, linear algebra and data analysis. It’s time to reconsider the dominance of calculus.

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Social Emotional Learning: Research & Applications for Distance Learning

MIND Research Institute

Now that content knowledge, such as computing a formula or remembering historical dates, is easily accessible through online tools, the demand for skills needed by employees shift to collaboration, iteration, critical thinking, and persevering through challenging and novel problems--all skills listed above or adjacent to skills listed above.

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Social Emotional Learning in the Classroom: Research & Applications for Distance Learning

MIND Research Institute

Now that content knowledge, such as computing a formula or remembering historical dates, is easily accessible through online tools, the demand for skills needed by employees shift to collaboration, iteration, critical thinking, and persevering through challenging and novel problems--all skills listed above or adjacent to skills listed above.

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To Teach Digital Citizenship Effectively, Educators Say It’s Time to Unblock Social Media

Edsurge

Since 2011 Banned Books Week has included a day to recognize banned websites. Teachers and principals also increasingly voice opposition to blocking social websites, noting that schools have an obligation to teach students how to use social media responsibly. How can we have an impact on developing digital citizenship skills?”.

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The Sound of Inclusion: Why Teachers’ Words Matter

Digital Promise

No student (or teacher) leaves their language patterns at the door when they enter a classroom – even classes like math and science, where language is often seen as secondary. How can teachers make an immediate difference in their classes? In classrooms across the U.S., students do too. What Can we Do Right Now?

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How One District Is Responding to New Jersey’s New LGBTQIA Curriculum Mandate

Edsurge

The mandate made New Jersey second in the nation to implement such a measure; California’s so-called FAIR Education Act (Senate Bill 48) was passed in 2011. Then the other big initiative we're focusing on is skill-based work and thinking about how we can use content to get to the skills instead of teaching for content's sake.