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How Building Bonds in the Classroom Can Motivate Better Teaching

Edsurge

Researchers pulled data for two years (the 2017 and 2018 academic years) from Missouri’s state-wide teacher evaluation system, in which students rated teachers’ effectiveness. Examples of survey items used by students to evaluate teachers via the Network for Educator Effectiveness. This teacher makes lessons interesting.

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Is a Backpack the Key to Closing the Homework Gap?

EdTech Magazine

Approximately 71 percent of K–12 teachers allowed students to use the internet to research subjects in class, according to a 2017 University of Phoenix survey. In addition to extra homework time, offering Wi-Fi during students’ rides might also provide some secondary benefits. Seventy percent of U.S.

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Modernizing student evaluation in 3 steps

eSchool News

The Algoma District School Board (ADSB), located in Ontario, Canada, serves a diverse group of 9,400 students across 39 elementary and 10 secondary schools. In October 2017, we conducted a district-wide (SEF) survey among teachers, and results found that the most urgent learning need was support on assessments.

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‘It’s OK to not be OK:’ How One High School Saved Lives with a 34-Question Survey

MindShift

In classrooms around the building, the school’s ninth-graders whizzed through an online mental health survey that would soon deliver real-time data to the group in the conference room. A statewide student health survey given every two years reveals just how prevalent thoughts of suicide are among Colorado youth.

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More schools are adding pre-K classrooms. But do principals know how to support them?

The Hechinger Report

A 2015 survey found only 20 percent of early-career principals in schools with pre-K classrooms felt “well-versed” in early ed. A lot of principals come from upper elementary or secondary,” Bornfreund said. In Alabama, principals can attend a unique leadership academy to learn about how to support teachers working with young children.

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Bankers, Buyers and Warriors: Reporter’s Notebook From the 2017 ASU+GSV Summit

Edsurge

Almost all of the PreK to 12 programming clustered in the Little America hotel, while the post-secondary, workforce training and company suites clustered in the more opulent Grand America across the street. The survey question raises eyebrows, as publishers and technology companies offer overlapping, but fundamentally different services.

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Smartphones in the classroom

Ask a Tech Teacher

Secondary and middle schools in Ontario, Canada , are banning the use of cell phones during classes effective from September 2019. In 2017, a study was conducted which states that even when a smartphone is not in use, its presence can reduce available cognitive capacity. How can parents solve this problem?