Waterford

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Classrooms in the United States are more diverse—culturally and linguistically—than ever before.[15] Culturally responsive teaching encompasses little steps like adding diverse books in your classroom library , as well as larger ones like adjusting your curriculum to include voices from marginalized communities.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 16, 2019

So, for Thought Leader Thursday, today, we’d like to challenge you to consider if you have areas to improve in your classroom relating to students of a different ethnic background from your own. corridor as an ELA Instructional Coach, Language Arts Department Chair, Secondary Language Arts teacher, professor and compliance specialist.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Classroom Activities to Build Verbal Communication Skills. Communication activities for the classroom don’t have to be as intimidating as standing up in front of everyone and giving a speech. Classroom Activities to Build Written Communication Skills. 5 Ways to Establish Effective Communication in the Classroom.”

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2024

But the math content commonly found in kindergarten — such as counting the days on a calendar — is often embedded within a curriculum “in which the teaching of mathematics is secondary to other learning goals,” according to a report from the National Academies of Science.

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Waterford

JULY 24, 2020

Then, we’ll provide a few ideas for differentiating your classroom instruction and show you how Waterford curriculum can help you provide personalized reading instruction. 9] Each student enters the classroom with unique experiences, preferences, and conditions that affect how they learn. What is Differentiated Instruction?

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2024

Beginning a technological evolution When I first became an administrator in the 2013-14 school year, I started a coding initiative. We also have Chromebooks for every student and 3D printers and interactive whiteboards in our classrooms. It was immensely stressful for them, but they got it done and we haven’t looked back.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2021

In 2013 we received grant funding from The Manton Foundation, and we were pleased to recently reconnect with the foundation to discuss how VHS Learning has grown over the years, and how we are supporting schools during the pandemic,” said Carol DeFuria, President & CEO of VHS Learning. About The Manton Foundation.

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Waterford

MARCH 4, 2021

Since its initial publication in 2013, this framework has become a renowned model for developing better school communities through family and teacher empowerment. One study even found that when teachers focus on parent involvement, student achievement in the entire classroom improves.[14] Organizing Engagement Staff. Wairimu, M.J.,

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Waterford

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Over four million elementary school children receive no visual arts lessons in the classroom.[6] Why integrate arts into your classroom at all when there’s so much else you need to teach? Students who received art instruction in their classrooms had reduced levels of the stress hormone cortisol.[13] Clemens, S.G. Epstein, A.S.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 10, 2013

Steve visited New Milford High School on Thursday February 28, 2013. Today I had the opportunity to meet with Eric Sheninger before he headed off to the 2013 NASSP Conference. As we navigated the hallways and classrooms, I was able to experience firsthand the school culture that is fostered at New Milford High School.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 13, 2019

After all, textbooks are a must in classrooms. Smartphones, tablets, and laptops had become a permanent requirement along with using technology in the classrooms by this time. But these are secondary causes. Post the recession, states cut inflation-adjusted spending on K–12 education by approximately 4% between 2008 and 2013.

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Education Superhighway

JANUARY 2, 2020

In May 2013 a tornado devastated the community of Moore, Oklahoma. Digital learning in every classroom, every day. First, classrooms have expanded their educational technology opportunities: At the secondary sites, students use Office 365 and Canvas to hand in and quickly receive personalized feedback.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2016

It was in with that question in mind, with support from the Escondido community and business leaders, that Del Lago Academy (DLA) opened in 2013 with the purpose of creating a school-to college and career pipeline connecting local students to STEM related careers within our region in southern California. So, how do we do it?

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2019

KAKUMA, Kenya—A sea of 76 students in bright violet uniforms with pointed white collars confronted Jessica Deng as she stepped into her classroom. Forty percent of primary school students in Kakuma are girls, but they make up less than a quarter of all secondary school enrollments. Photo: Yannick Ruhimbasa for The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2018

In 2013, the state of Vermont committed itself to the value and promise that personalized learning holds for its students by passing Act 77 , often referred to as the Flexible Pathways Initiative. Central to the initiative is the idea that learning is not restricted to the classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2018

during the 2013-14 school year. After adjusting for inflation by counting everything in constant 2015 dollars, this means that three quarters of the education cuts accrued between 2009 and 2013 were restored by 2015. more in 2013-14, followed by a whopping 7.3% California schools received 2.9% increase in 2014-15.) in 2014-15.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2017

At 8:00 on a chilly spring morning in this rural Vermont town, while most kids his age are filing into classrooms and preparing for a day of school, 17-year-old Silas Woods rolls up the sleeves of his plaid button-down shirt and hoists a tire up to a mini Cooper, suspended a few feet above ground in the corner of the noisy Duxbury Auto Shop.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Across the nation, district equity discussions include how schools must examine current biases from bus stops to classroom materials to educator and staff expectations. The district is using multiple measures from the classroom to district level across internal and external categories to determine if students are college and career ready.

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edWeb.net

MAY 11, 2020

The presenters also provided recommendations for other educators who are now making the shift from being in a classroom to working remotely with students. Setting the Course for Secondary Students. Data use is another key aspect of teaching secondary students online, as it shows what is working and what needs to be changed.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

It is designed to significantly increase opportunities for connecting classrooms while supporting cultural awareness and recognition of diversity and educational access for all. The Global Education Conference is a collaborative, inclusive, world-wide community initiative involving students, educators, and organizations at all levels.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Their stances on education policy differ, but they all have at least one thing in common: classroom experience, which Biden has promised would be a prerequisite. In 2013, he became Meriden’s assistant superintendent for teaching and learning. history by fall 2022.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2019

Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. “It’s because we’re mostly women,” she explained. Women’s work in general is undervalued.”.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

She attended Goyco as a child and she lived just a few blocks away when, in 2013, the Department of Education shut the school down. “I But, even as the number of students declined, the schools still served a secondary purpose as community hubs — hubs that residents are intent on getting back. “ Dominguez had come to resist.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2021

There is no policy area in our governance “more complex than elementary and secondary education,” education professors and researchers Paul Manna and Patrick McGuinn wrote in their in their 2013 book. Across the country, teachers were terrified to return to their classrooms without fully fleshed-out plans.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2019

Teachers didn’t get much professional development to learn how best to use the iPods in the classroom and there wasn’t a lot of clarity around how the technology could help the district achieve concrete learning goals. “At They are not supposed to offer extra credit or change a student’s grade based on classroom behavior.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2017

So our daily greeting provides a positive interaction before they get into their classroom.”. By 2013, Webster managed to graduate just 53 percent of its students, and it was clear to school and district officials that drastic change was in order. But an even bigger struggle has been keeping students in school.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 8, 2021

I’m pretty cagey about sharing personal details about where I live for privacy reasons but back in 2013, we bought a little cottage in the mountains about 2 hours outside of Brooklyn where my husband is based, and over the years I have increasingly spent more and more time here. So that was the first half of my summer.

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Fractus Learning

MAY 11, 2015

Elementary, middle grades, and secondary teaching candidates at Lenoir-Rhyne University have the option of pursuing a track in blended or online learning as part of their teacher preparation program. 2013; Kennedy & Archambault, 2012a ). Purposeful Modeling. In The Field. References. Barbour, M. Gross, E., & Waddell, K.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The Second Coming of Edtech Education technology resurged around 2010 as software applications moved to the cloud (and could be administered and maintained by a handful of people), and as startup entrepreneurs began designing software specifically for classrooms and schools, not just repurposing products originally created for industry.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

I’m also limited by my experience as a secondary teacher; these conversations have less controversy in lower elementary, though discussions about appropriateness do surface more commonly in the upper elementary/middle school transition. Check your school policy on classroom libraries, choice reading, and parent approval for book lists.

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EdTechTeam

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Creativity in the Science classroom helped my students articulate their lab results, express their findings, and share what they learned. I have always felt strongly about creativity in the classroom, but coming up with new and exciting ideas year after year is hard. Processed with MOLDIV. The lesson was fun, engaging, and educational.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Dr. Johns believes that school districts need strong policies that hold district leaders and classroom teachers accountable for all their students’ achievements, and through audits and professional development educators will become more aware of barriers and help to eliminate them.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2018

Miles Hooper, the 26-year-old manager of Vermont’s largest goat farm, remembers what it’s like to be 16 and not want to be in a classroom. Monitoring rigor in a classroom isn’t that complicated; maintaining it across multiple worksites is trickier. Related: In one state, students are ditching classrooms for jobs. RANDOLPH, Vt.

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

Already, many teachers don’t have the skills to integrate tech into the classroom—even the young ones. While they may be proficient in using edtech, they don’t know how to create comprehensive lessons to use it in the classroom. Teachers have also been doubly challenged with the quarantine.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

As the largest school district in Rhode Island, Providence Public Schools makes up 25% of the state’s entire elementary and secondary student population. Nearly 1,900 teaching and learning staff are employed in 42 schools, each equipped with various types of technology tools (42 in all).

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2021

COVID’s impact on schools was so substantial that Congress established the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER). Reinventing spaces—designing flexible classroom spaces and turning a library into a learning commons with flexible seating and mobile bookshelves. Action 1: Spend Money on Long-Term Initiatives.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Teachers are leaving the classroom almost as quickly as colleges and universities prepare them. Many of those trained to become teachers never enter the classroom. For example, as reported in Education Week, California lost 53 percent of its school of education enrollment between the 2008–2009 and 2012–2013 school years.

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