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#EDvice: Entry Points for Change

A Principal's Reflections

It can be used to identify areas for improvement to create new and innovative learning methods that better meet the needs of ALL learners. I shared the following on social media recently: Entry points for change are crucial. When trying to get the ball moving, leverage quality research. Cheung, A. & Slavin, R. DeWitt, S. & Watson, J.

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Boost Morale with These Simple Strategies

A Principal's Reflections

If you really want to boost morale, try eliminating as many after-school meetings as possible. 2013) The role of supervisor autonomy support, organizational support, and autonomous and controlled motivation in predicting employees' satisfaction and turnover intentions, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 22:4, 450-460.

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OPINION: Meet certificates and “microcredentials” — they could be the future of higher education

The Hechinger Report

A 2019 Gallup poll reported that a decreasing proportion of Americans consider a college degree to be very important — from 70 percent in 2013 to 51 percent in 2019. The post OPINION: Meet certificates and “microcredentials” — they could be the future of higher education appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Participating in #EduBrawl at #SXSWEdu 2013

EdTechSandyK

SXSWedu takes place in Austin March 4th - 7th, 2013. One of the things I''m looking forward to besides participating in the panel is meeting Wes Fryer , whose work I have followed since I first became an edtech specialist in the early 2000''s. WeAreTeachers invited me to be part of a panel called EduBrawl!,

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Research: The Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Learning

TeachThought - Learn better.

If the low-SES of a native speaker can have the same impact on reading that an ELL faces then we need to prepare our classrooms to meet that need. Palardy (2013) investigated high school-aged students to examine socioeconomic segregation’s impact on student attainment outcomes. The first was peer influence.

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Meet the Support Network Addressing Out-Of-School Challenges for Every Student

Edsurge

At Mendell, City Connects has had a continuous presence since 2013. And she meets with groups of students during their usual lunch breaks. They meet regularly and discuss students and families receiving active assistance. According to the organization, half the students it serves identify as Hispanic; a quarter are black.

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Put your outside helpers to work

Dangerously Irrelevant

Ask your outside helpers to focus deeply on the WHAT and the HOW, not just the WHY, and have a follow-up plan for implementation and support of your educators that goes beyond wishful thinking: “We heard about this for an hour at our district kick-off meeting so go off and do this now at a high level.” Please don’t hesitate to reach out!

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