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How To Engage Today’s Students in Civics

eSchool News

history in every grade, with a focus on primary source documents such as the Declaration of Independence, U.S. He is the author of Images of America: Sutton (2004) and Images of America: Millbury (2013). Among the book’s recommendations: Require students to pass the U.S. citizenship test as a criterion for high school graduation.

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PROOF POINTS: Schools staff up as student enrollment drops

The Hechinger Report

Georgetown University’s Edunomics Lab documents the divergence between the growth of school staff and students. The second act came with seven consecutive years of strong economic growth beginning in 2013. See detailed graphs below. Most of the additions were fueled by a lot of new money,” said Roza.

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Nureva achieves ISO/IEC 27001 certification for its Information Security Management System

eSchool News

an innovator in advanced audio conferencing solutions, announces that its Information Security Management System (ISMS) has received ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification , the world’s best-known standard for information security management. Calgary, Alberta — Nureva Inc.,

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

The importance of adaptability for teachers is well documented in the research literature (e.g., 2013; Parsons, 2012; Vaughn, 2015, ). 2013) investigated the impact of instructional adaptations on student literacy achievement. 2013) What core competencies are related to teachers’ innovative teaching?, Madda et al.,

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Is it the school, or the students?

eSchool News

In documenting a strong correlation between currently used rating systems and race, the study finds that white and Asian students tend to attend higher-rated schools, while Black and Hispanic students tend to be clustered at lower-rated schools.

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Making the Switch to Word 2013

Hansen's Link to Tech

Here is a great video on transitioning from older versions of Word to Word 2013 (most recent). Here are some ways Word 2013 can help you. Create modern looking documents with using the Designing tab. Sign in to your Sky Drive account to save and share documents online. Microsoft Office Word'

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The An Estuary #Edscape Scavenger Hunt!

A Principal's Reflections

Sanderling is a mobile field journal that lets teachers collect badges as they document their professional learning and take part in a lively social community based around education. Once you are registered be sure to find the "Learn to Use Sanderling" Course and the "Edscape 2013" Course and click "Join this Course" on each one.

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