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#FactFriday: Florida’s AP Student Success

ExcelinEd

percent of 2018 public high school graduates scored a 3 or higher on an Advanced Placement (AP) exam during high school, compared to 32.9 Data represents class of 2018 public high school graduates scoring 3 or higher on an Advanced Placement (AP) exam during high school. In Florida, 31.7 percent in Massachusetts and 32.2 SOURCE: U.S.

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Can Competency-Based Education Demonstrate Mastery Across a Lifetime? #DLNchat

Edsurge

calimorrison) August 14, 2018. Andersen (@busynessgirl) August 14, 2018. DLNchat — CBENetwork (@CBENetwork) August 14, 2018. As Andersen said, “It would help everyone if we all subscribe to a common core of competencies and associated learning objectives.” DLNchat [link] — Bill Weber (@wlweber) August 14, 2018.

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How to Create Powerful Student ePortfolios with Google Sites

Shake Up Learning

Implementation in the primary grades may look different from the examples in this post, but don’t assume that this is just for secondary students. These standards could be content standards such as Common Core or NGSS. © Shake Up Learning 2018. Can you implement in the primary grades? Website: [link].

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What should new teachers know before they set foot in a classroom?

The Hechinger Report

Eckhoff was among a group of veteran Missouri teachers who joined representatives of university teacher preparation programs and staff from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for a four-hour forum this fall as part of a state effort to change how teachers are prepared for the classroom and supported once they get there.

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Kids struggle to read when schools leave phonics out

The Hechinger Report

” Related: Can Common Core reading tests ever be fair? “I wouldn’t have been able to use that strategy at the secondary level,” she said. Principal Kathy Bast leads a discussion with her teachers on the reading science, March 2018. And that’s the best they’re going to do.'”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2018, Mozilla said it would retire Backpack, its platform for sharing and displaying badges, and would help users move their badges to Badgr, software developed by the tech company Concentric Sky. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

According to the conservative news site The Daily Caller , “Bailing On Common Core Tests Is Costing States Millions.” Dan Meyer writes “Why Secondary Teachers Don’t Want a GitHub for Lesson Plans,” in a response to Chris Lusto who suggests that we do (or at least “We need GitHub for math curriculum.”)