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Toward Renewable Assessments

Iterating Toward Openness

For some time now I’ve been critical of “disposable assessments.” ” An assessment can be characterized as “disposable” if everyone understands that its ultimate destiny is the garbage can. ” Research on Renewable Assessments. Student writes the paper and submits it to faculty.

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Two New Library 2.0 Webinars: Library Advocacy + Marketing | Coaching Skills for Managers + Supervisors | ALSO: Active Shooter Response Recording

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Then, being announced today, is " Library Advocacy: Everyday Marketing Tools and Techniques " with Dr. Sue Alman on February 21st. LIBRARY ADVOCACY: EVERYDAY MARKETING TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES" A 75-minute webinar (live and recorded) in a special Library 2.0 More details on both are below. Registering for one of the Library 2.0 in English.

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A Teacher’s Guide to Toxic Stress in the Classroom

Waterford

Anxiety about grades and assessments is one of the major causes (outside of ACEs) of student stress.[12] Pediatrics, January 2012, 129(1), pp. The Science of Early Life Toxic Stress for Pediatric Practice and Advocacy. Inability to control their emotions. Lack of participation in school. Fatigue or lack of energy. Shonkoff, J.P.,

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Learner Agency : Pushing the Boundaries of Educational Possibilities in the Digital Age

The PL2C Blog

Lindgren & McDaniel, 2012). Overall there is a sense of independence and responsibility on the part of the learner: the opportunity to have choice and voice in planning, implementation, and assessment. Advocacy, choice, and voice should occur in the classroom as well as in any learning environment.

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How Cleveland revamped its preschool programs in just five years

The Hechinger Report

And they underwrote the cost of intensive trainings for teachers to learn about instruction, social emotional learning and how to assess children’s progress. This focus on access to high-quality preschool was born out of a larger city-wide plan to transform schools, introduced in Cleveland in 2012. They paid for a curriculum.

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The 4-Letter Word You Need to Know—and How Teachers and Administrators Can Embrace Data Literacy

Edsurge

He was named Maryland State Teacher of the Year in 2012. Brennan McMahon Parton, Data Quality Campaign ’s associate director of state policy and advocacy, recently spoke with him about data literacy for teachers. In fact, explicit training on what assessments mean and how to act on the data either didn’t happen or I can’t remember.

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2 Big Teachers Unions Call For Rethinking Student Involvement In Lockdown Drills

MindShift

Now the advocacy group Everytown For Gun Safety is joining with the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association — the nation’s largest education unions, with several million members — in calling for schools to reassess the use of lockdown drills. .” She is an AFT member and an activist with Everytown.