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The Professional Development Problem

EdNews Daily

If we can’t effectively support our educators then expecting them to reverse the concerning trends of high school dropouts (more than ¼ fail to graduate H.S.), of Education (Stats in Brief, 2015) showing perception of autonomy for teachers in the low range (especially in low income schools), volition is another component of this debate.

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OPINION: This high-poverty district learned to think differently about teaching and learning

The Hechinger Report

The district aligned curriculum, instruction and assessment to meet learning standards recently adopted by the state and modeled on the Common Core state standards. percent in 2015-16. Mary Parish Public School System in Louisiana in 2015. Related: Can schools create gifted students? percent in 2008-09 to 84.9

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How a Chinatown school is trying to bring more diversity to theater

The Hechinger Report

Each year since, they have won numerous awards, including the trophy for Outstanding Production for the best overall elementary school performance three years in a row, from 2013 to 2015, and again in 2017. Her son, Aaron Wang, starred as the title character in “The Music Man” in the 2015-16 school year.) “I

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The Economic Times : “Startups in student-lending sector see dropouts, but some score too.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Private Colleges Had 58 Millionaire Presidents in 2015.” Performance on PISA Decline Because of Common Core? ” From the HR Department.

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Is the new education reform hiding in plain sight?

The Hechinger Report

What does personalized learning mean to the perennial tug-of-war over content — in higher education’s “great books” debate over whether students should absorb the Western canon or study what they want, and, at the K-12 level, over the Common Core? Is sameness the key to equal opportunity? What can that look like? When Dan D.

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Events + News - Library 2.0 Spring Summit - Free-Range Kids - Testing "Chaos" and Opting Out - Student Debt - Will College Survive?

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

April 20th - May 4th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Learning Revolution Blog | Partner Spotlight To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. Please share this newsletter with your friends and colleagues! Two Week Calendar Monday, April 20th at 8pm TL News Night LIVE!

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.” ” Via The Washington Post : “ School offers ‘incentives’ to get kids to take Common Core standardized test.” Robots hate the Common Core.