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Math Scores Drop Again

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We don’t seem to know how to fix the dropping math scores (and reading but that’s for another article). If you’d like to understand this trend more, check out Education Week ‘s article: Young Adolescents’ Scores Trended to Historic Lows on National Tests. We can’t even blame it on COVID!

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Is It Time for a National Conversation About Eliminating Letter Grades?

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As Joshua Eyler was researching a book on what brain science tells us about how to improve teaching , one issue kept coming up as an underlying problem: The way schools and colleges grade student work is at odds with effective teaching. Correction: This article originally misstated Joshua Eyler's title.

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College or Career? The answer isn’t what you’d expect for males

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I read an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal discussing the dramatic decline in men applying for and graduating from two and four-year colleges. who started a four-year university in 2012 received diplomas by 2018 compared with 59% of men during the same period, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

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How to Recognize and Understand Conspiratorial Thinking

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He became a National Board Certified Teacher in 2012. Eileen Belastock, CETL is the Director of Technology and Information for Nauset Public Schools, MA, and also works with edWeb.net to write articles on their professional learning edWebinars. The post How to Recognize and Understand Conspiratorial Thinking appeared first on edWeb.

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ADHD in the Classroom: How to Teach and Support Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

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In this article, we’ll define ADHD and note a few symptoms to look out for in your students. That’s why the more you know about how to recognize the signs and symptoms of ADHD, the better you’ll be able to help them. Symptoms of ADHD may vary depending on the child’s age and how much treatment they’ve received. Power, T.J.,

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Google launches free online classes to help you learn better internet search skills

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Power Searching with Google" is a free, online community based course that helps participants learn how to do better searches and use some of the cool features of Google, such as using the search box as a calculator and finding data right from the search box itself. Registration is open from June 26, 2012 to July 16, 2012.

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Coding or Critical Thinking?

EdTech4Beginners

To be involved in EdTech is to interact with articles , TED Talks , and apps that encourage coding. Still, I am not convinced that all students need to focus on coding per se as much as they will benefit from the skills that are acquired while learning how to code.

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