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How to Make Learning Stick

A Principal's Reflections

When it comes to classrooms and schools getting students actively involved, it isn't a gimmick. Research shows how students learn best, and it's not by talking at them for extended periods. If there were a secret sauce, then that is it, but it's not as mysterious as one might think. It is a proven way to improve academic outcomes.

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How to Assess with Respect with Starr Sackstein

The CoolCatTeacher

Listen to Starr Sackstein share how to assess with respect. In 2011, the Dow Jones News Fund honored Sackstein as a Special Recognition Adviser and 2012 Education Updated recognized her as an outstanding educator. Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. Stream by clicking here. Subscribe to the Show.

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How to Increase Family Involvement with Connection

Waterford

Check out Waterford’s on-demand webinar page and learn how to implement CARES, a framework for inclusive family communication, genuine relationships, clear and flexible expectations, and concrete support, in your schools. Including families in the planning of these events can help them be invested in the classroom.

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Thinking Routines in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Today Karen Voglesang @NBCTchr teaches children to use thinking routines in her classroom. After participating in Harvard’s Project Zero , she is applying and using the methods in classrooms and with teachers. Learn some thinking routines and how to apply these valuable techniques in your classroom. Listen Now.

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How to Have Deeper Learning and Better Schools

The CoolCatTeacher

Jal is the author of The Allure of Order: High Hopes, Dashed Expectations and the Troubled Quest to Remake American Schooling (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013) and the co-editor of The Futures of School Reform (Cambridge: Harvard Education Press, 2012).

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The Value of Listening in the Classroom: How to Teach Your Students Active Listening

Waterford

11] If you don’t currently teach your students specifically how to listen, it may be time to add activities to your curriculum that strengthen this skill. In school, one example of active listening would be a student waiting their turn and considering what their peers have to say before stating their opinion in a classroom discussion.

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How to Promote Additive Bilingualism over Subtractive Bilingualism in the Classroom

Waterford

Then, learn how you can help your English-language learners maintain their first language (and why that matters). If you’re trying to figure out the best way to support ELL children in the classroom, promoting additive bilingualism should be the goal whenever possible. How to Encourage Additive Bilingualism. Here’s how it works.

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