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What Makes Professional Development Work?

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Professional development defined as one-hit wonders with hour-long speaker presentations and all-day workshops leaves teachers unequipped to implement best practices and personalized learning opportunities for their students. Challenges of Professional Development.

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How to boost math skills in the early grades

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When we started here in 2012, our district was the lowest performing in math and reading of all the schools that feed into Morton West High School,” said Carmen Ayala, Berwyn North School District 98’s superintendent. Turning this around isn’t something you can do during a couple of workshops,” said Ayala.

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This STEM-focused district hands out paychecks along with report cards

The Hechinger Report

After the Denver Zoo’s James Garcia, who had been seeking a way to help Peruvian scientists save the frogs, saw students present a robot they had built at a local workshop, he asked if they could construct an underwater model. million in 2012) from the federal Education Department. million in 2010) and a Race to the Top grant ($16.6

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How to Boost Math Skills in the Early Grades

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When we started here in 2012, our district was the lowest performing in math and reading of all the schools that feed into Morton West High School,” said Carmen Ayala, Berwyn North School District 98’s superintendent. Turning this around isn’t something you can do during a couple of workshops,” said Ayala.

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Opening the doors to elite public schools

The Hechinger Report

The new policy stands to degrade academic standards and exclude students based on race, she argued, calling it “a backdoor attempt to dismantle the exam school system altogether.” and Jessica Hockett found in 2012. ” “Covid is a fake cover story for those who want to kill the exam.”

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