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What I Learned From My Students Who Became Teachers

Edsurge

After 13 years of teaching, I’ve had just over 1,700 students walk in and out of my classroom. History class during the 2014-2015 academic year. History class during the 2014-2015 academic year. Victoria Kosiba: a current seventh, eighth, and ninth grade U.S. Victoria was in my U.S.

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How State Reform in New Hampshire Led to Teacher Autonomy

Edsurge

The changes first impacted high schools, and in the past three years, the model has made its way into K-12 classrooms. Two recent state initiatives are defining a set of non academic work habits that contribute to student success , and developing a statewide performance-based assessment system.

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Six Steps to Project Based Learning

eSpark

In 2015, the bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act signaled the end of one-size-fits-all instruction. The new legislation urged districts to embrace project based instruction aligned to academic standards and 21st century skills. 1) Essential Question. 3) Authenticity. 4) Student Voice and Choice.

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A charter chain thinks it has the answer for alternative schools

The Hechinger Report

Most Altus classes meet the University of California’s “A-G” course requirements for admission, Altus officials say. They email and telephone parents and call families in to meet with the instructors, a social worker, case manager or other support staff if a student is struggling.

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Not enough students have mentors, and we must change that

The Hechinger Report

For instance, a 2015 analysis of Harvard law school graduates found that women who had not become partners in a firm had fewer mentors during their first five years than either women partners, or men who had not achieved partnership status. Schools and businesses can meet halfway to close the mentorship gap.

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Understanding ESSA: How the Every Student Succeeds Act will Change U.S. Educational Policy

eSpark

On December 10, 2015, President Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act, a bipartisan bill designed to address the shortcomings of No Child Left Behind. “ Higher standards are right. Higher standards are right. Accountability is right,” Obama said. That’s why we need to fix No Child Left Behind.”.

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How to help principals do a better job? Train their bosses

The Hechinger Report

Dressed in suits and armed with pens, notebooks, and laptops, the superintendents had one specific goal as they fanned out across the classroom, interacting with students: to look for evidence that a geometry lesson was aligned to the new state math standards. It’s rare for school district big wigs to spend time in a classroom.