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How to Use the Dual Capacity-Building Framework to Strengthen Family Empowerment

Waterford

2] The Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) in a case study on the dual capacity-building framework found that when the family-teacher connection was prioritized, reading and math scores improved by 9% and 18%, respectively.[5]. Webinar Recording, November 2014. and Aggarwal, C. Organizing Engagement Staff.

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2014 Global Education Conference - Day Four

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

- Head of Education Leena Hannula 4:00am KEYNOTE: Omashani Naidoo - "Teacher Professional Development- A South African Perspective" 6:00am "Uniendo Voluntades": Voluntad de mejorar la Educación + volundad de mejorar el Aprendizaje de los Estudiantes - Profesora Cristina Velázquez 7:00am A Strategy for Globalizing Secondary School: Global Citizenship/Competency (..)

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The Free and Online 2014 School Leadership Summit Starts Wednesday! (Full Session List)

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Taylor, Director, Education and Engagement Using Local Resources to Teach Globally - Gregory Adler 8:00pm (ACSA) Closing the Secondary Achievement Gap Using Response to Intervention and Instruction (RtI2) - Erik Burmeister Flipped or Flipped Out? Susan Blakely Secondary Math Teacher Globalizing the High School U.S.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., FY 2014 $0. 2012 and 2012 (ARRA case studies).

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A Cross-sector Business Incubator in Taos, New Mexico: Building Networks for Frontline Talent Development

Digital Promise

Propelled in part by the 2014 passage of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), UNM-Taos initiated a program overhaul in 2015 with the goal of aligning educational programs to in-demand career pathways. As Victoria Gonzalez of UNM-Taos poignantly notes: “The ego must die. Leveraging Existing Resources.

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What Students Gain From Learning Ethics in School

MindShift

Her small class at Kent Place School in New Jersey was discussing a case study that concerned a woman who was thinking of leaving her disabled husband; caring for his injuries was devouring the woman’s every moment, and the couple’s affection for each other had fizzled. Was it ethically wrong for her to leave him?

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Global Collaboration Week Begins - Find a Project and Connect!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Stevens (2014, p.162) This event is brought to you by GlobalEd Events and TakingITGlobal. L2g derives from the ongoing Webheads in Action (WiA) community of practice and professional development movement, [link] which has been putting teachers and students in touch with one another digitally, at a distance, since 1998. In Son, J.-B.