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Academic Standards: Breaking Whole Things Into Broken Bits
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JUNE 26, 2017
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Academic Standards: Breaking Whole Things Into Broken Bits
TeachThought - Learn better.
JUNE 26, 2017
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A Classroom Of Proficiency: 6 Factors Of Academic Performance
TeachThought - Learn better.
MARCH 25, 2018
An academic classroom is one where the primary goal is to promote proficiency of academic standards. The class, curriculum, and instruction, by design, are built to move students in their academic proficiency. […]. The post A Classroom Of Proficiency: 6 Factors Of Academic Performance appeared first on TeachThought. A Classroom Of Proficiency: 6 Factors To Guide Your Teaching by Terry Heick First, a definition.
24 Things A Teacher Should Never Ask A Student To Do
TeachThought - Learn better.
OCTOBER 8, 2017
Meaningless work It’s fine to start with an academic standard, but standards aren’t meaningful to students. 24 Things A Teacher Should Never Ask A Student To Do by TeachThought Staff 1.
LearnZillion, Lemann Foundation Partner on Curriculum in Brazil
Marketplace K-12
JUNE 2, 2017
LearnZillion, an American curriculum provider is working with the Lemann Foundation and a Brazilian platform called Nova Escola to provide lessons aligned to the academic standards of the South American country. Marketplace K-12 Curriculum/Digital Curriculum International/Global Standards
6 steps to college and career readiness
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
A collaborative leadership model is critical when it comes to bolstering school policy and helping students meet college and career readiness goals, according to a new report from the Learning First Alliance.
IBM Foundation launches free online software to help K-5 teachers prepare math lessons and help students learn.
Educational Technology Guy
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017
Teacher Advisor then dips into its library of 1,000+ videos and lesson plans, all based on national standards and vetted by top educators. It makes it easier to find lessons, standards, activities and much more and includes a lesson planning tool.
Teacher tricks: Grading & assessment
Neo LMS
APRIL 5, 2018
Grading and assessments are a hot potato in the field of education, as states and the federal government try to at once apply common standards, but also limit the amount of time students spend sitting assessments.
What Motivates Maker Educators?
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 30, 2016
Another challenge for teachers is the need for more professional development and help in connecting maker activities to curriculum and academic standards. Who are the people spearheading maker education? And what motivates them? These are just a few of the questions behind a new study (PDF) from SRI International on the. Maker Education Initiative.
Making the case for common K-12 standards
eSchool News
MARCH 13, 2017
In this ever-dynamic landscape, “common” standards for education seemingly get a bad rap, but they’re useful, particularly for the development and distribution of open education resources (OER). Types of Standard Alignment. The Value of Common Standards in OER.
TEACHER VOICE: It’s tough to prepare children for kindergarten if parents and teachers don’t collaborate
The Hechinger Report
JULY 16, 2017
Second, they have been exposed to academics such as letter names, sounds, number recognition, number fluency, and patterning with hands-on, meaningful learning tasks that take into account their physical and cognitive development.
New AI tool helps teachers tackle math
eSchool News
OCTOBER 12, 2017
Faced with the pressures of limited time, higher academic standards, diverse student needs, and the responsibility to teach many subjects and multiple grade levels, elementary school teachers have expressed a critical need for easy-to-use, well-designed math resources and ongoing support.
How a Nationwide Networked Improvement Community Seeks to Empower Educators
Insight Education Group
OCTOBER 16, 2017
Rigorous academic standards, as well as the levers and wrap-around supports within the "develop" column above, are the core of each partner districts efforts to improve teaching by leveraging current human capital.
ThinkCERCA Raises $10.1 Million to Build Critical Thinkers, Readers and Writers
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
Each lesson, Murphy shares, will “break down academic standards around literacy into discrete subskills.” (For “Everyone’s worried about people having to learn how to code,” notes Eileen Murphy. But “there’s an even more basic level of literacy that people need to pick up,” notes the former English teacher and administrator. Like how to write an email.” Helping students write and reason clearly, critically and concisely is the central mission at her company, ThinkCERCA.
13 Ways Education Could Change In The Next 13 Years
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OCTOBER 18, 2015
In 2013, most elementary schools are simply diminutive high schools, with a balance of reading, writing, mathematics, geography, and other “core” skills, while character training supplements academic work. 13 Ways Education Could Change In The Next 13 Years. by TeachThought Staff.
An Expanded Definition of Student Success
Digital Promise
JUNE 8, 2017
In a recent presentation to the League of Innovative Schools Assessment working group, Erin and Eric shared the Cortex platform and described the academic growth and progress they have seen among their students since the platform’s implementation. Mastery of Rigorous Standards. The data that fuels Cortex is based on bringing standards to a more refined framework with a common data visualization of green, yellow, and red for differing levels of mastery.
Open letter to teachers who feel trapped in racist schools
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 28, 2017
Breaking up black school boards has more to do with disrupting black power than implementing a proven strategy to improve academic achievement. We plant the seeds of racism when all children don’t learn black history, which is a question of policy about state academic standards.
Fostering competency in Arizona
The Christensen Institute
FEBRUARY 13, 2015
A common feature of many new personalized learning models is competency-based learning, in which students advance based on mastery of academic standards rather than based on the number of hours of instruction they receive—a common sense way to learn. Yesterday the Arizona State Senate Education Committee voted 5-2 in favor of a bill that would create opportunities for schools to pilot competency-based education programs.
The myth and reality of heroic teaching
The Christensen Institute
DECEMBER 9, 2016
By itself, supervising young people is exhausting; then, add to that responsibility the work of trying to maximize the productive use of every minute of the school day in order to help students master rigorous academic standards.
Assessments and Curriculum: Be Responsive to Your Teachers by @danapiercy #litleaders
Reading By Example
JULY 30, 2017
Teachers have a lot to juggle: state standards, district expectations, literacy assessments, reading and writing workshop, STEM, social studies, RTI, and math. I am always working with teachers to make sense of our state standards. We had new state standards, a new STEM curriculum, new word study curriculum, and new reading curriculum. Our primary goal was to compare and contrast the standards for each subject. We looked for gaps between the two set of standards.
New Texas Textbooks Appear to Minimize Slavery as Civil War Issue
K-12 Schools - Education News
JULY 9, 2015
said Dan Quinn of the Texas Freedom Network, a left-leaning advocacy organization that has been critical of the state’s academic standards in social studies. Stern, a historian who reviewed state standards for the conservative-leaning Thomas B.
Who are you inspiring?
Learning with 'e's
JANUARY 8, 2018
He told me that during this time he had little self esteem, his parents were dysfunctional and his academic standards were low. Image from Maxpixel If you are a teacher, then you will probably have inspired many young people.
National test scores reveal a decade of educational stagnation
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 9, 2018
states adopted new, more demanding academic standards in the 2010s, and there have been widespread reports about the difficulties in changing instruction in the classroom. More than 40 states embraced the “Common Core” while additional states adopted similar standards.).
Professional development should make teachers feel urgent, not small and isolated
eSchool News
MAY 31, 2016
Technology, collaboration, and new standards are changing the classroom at a rapid pace. More importantly, teachers should be able to see proven teaching methods in action, with students, in the context of their curriculum requirements and academic standards.
The Bare Minimum Of Technology Integration
TeachThought - Learn better.
SEPTEMBER 27, 2015
What might be considered a kind of basic standard for education technology in 2016. In theory, it’s not necessary to have any degree of education technology at all, though even that depends on your content area’s academic standards.
Creative #SmartTeachingTips Using Scholastic Magazines
Kleinspiration
NOVEMBER 17, 2016
Teachers bring them into their classrooms because they provide invaluable instructional materials that meet current academic standards and prepare students for state tests. For nearly a decade, I’ve been using Scholastic News Magazines in my classroom.
A Project-Based Learning Spectrum: 25 Questions To Guide Your PBL Planning
TeachThought - Learn better.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2015
I focused more on creating compelling and student-centered projects, rather than creating a list of questions to use as a checklist for pure academic planning. Which academic standards are the focus of the unit? Progress towards mastery of academic standards?
What’s The One Thing They’ll Remember From Their Time With You?
TeachThought - Learn better.
FEBRUARY 8, 2015
We could talk about power standards, big ideas, enduring understandings, the utility of modern curriculum, and how useful academic standards like those found in the Common Core really are, but I thought I’d turn it over to you this time to hear your ideas.
Ethics in the Classroom
Digital Promise
AUGUST 2, 2017
Classroom teacher Melissa Aguirre, for instance, says that the school should retain Ada in order to uphold its standards, but she also comments that this case shows why it’s necessary to make “competency-based” education, and not just “age-based,” a norm for all. Sigal Ben-Porath , an education and political science professor, notes that high-poverty schools are more likely to define students solely by academic standards, and disregarding noncognitive skills.
What do at-risk students, English language learners and adult college students have in common?
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 8, 2018
Damont Morgan, a seventh grader, would prefer to get core academic classes that take a lot of mental energy out of the way in the morning and go to electives in the afternoon. All 50 states have standards for their students to meet — most use, at least in part, the Common Core standards.
Study: Holding Kids Back A Grade Doesn’t Necessarily Hold Them Back
MindShift
JULY 10, 2017
Now comes a big study to say something different: Holding kids back at third grade when they don’t meet the academic standards will give them a boost in achievement, by some measures. West says what he really wonders about is why the left-back students, who make demonstrable academic gains, still do no better when it comes to high school graduation.
Change The Conversation–It’s Not About The Thinking
TeachThought - Learn better.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2015
Content-based academic standards. As an academic or intellectual exercise. In education, these might be redressed as: What has standardizing content into a narrow range of content areas done to learning? It’s Not About The Thinking. by Terry Heick.
How would Betsy DeVos impact education in Mississippi?
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
On her website, DeVos states that she is “not a supporter—period” of the nationwide math and English language arts standards, which Mississippi adopted in 2010. That means any push to change the standards would most likely come from state legislators. K-12 News Politics standards
‘What Kids Are Reading’ Report Details Vocabulary Exposure
K-12 Schools - Education News
NOVEMBER 16, 2015
A new report takes an in-depth look at what children are reading across all grade levels, finding that the average student has not met any college and career readiness reading standards.
Six Steps to Project Based Learning
eSpark
MAY 2, 2016
The new legislation urged districts to embrace project based instruction aligned to academic standards and 21st century skills. In 2015, the bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act signaled the end of one-size-fits-all instruction.
Looking to Ditch Traditional Grades? Here’s How to Get Stakeholders On Board
Edsurge
MAY 17, 2017
The basic premise is that by providing a more complex and accurate picture of students, academic needs can be better met, colleges can make more informed admissions decisions, and intrinsic motivation will follow. Whether they call it competency-, mastery-, or standards-based grading, the movement aims to improve students outcomes sans As, Bs, and Cs. We’re doing things that are a little radical but still grounded in academic standards. .
Digital Badges: Better Than Grades?
Education with Technology
OCTOBER 19, 2015
The final grade in a course or even a ten week grade probably does not reflect the actual academic learning.These grades may not reflect the academic standards (Common Core, standards or proficiencies) for that course. Badges allow teachers to focus specifically on student standards or proficiencies. Do you use grades or badges to measure your students’ progress on the standards or proficiencies?
Trouble With the Curve: Estimating the Size and Growth Rates of K-12 Markets
Edsurge
OCTOBER 17, 2016
For example, specific policies regarding academic standards, testing requirements, and charter school authorization caps can give rise to specific types of products. Common Core, Next Generation Science Standards, etc.). Standard policy adoption and diffusion frameworks can help make this process simple and repeatable. Estimating the size of different markets, and the speed with which they develop, is critical for a host of business decisions.
6 Professional Opportunities for Learning More About Classroom Design!
Kleinspiration
AUGUST 19, 2014
The focus of our training was to create a physical environment that would enhance academic standards and instructional delivery, along with infusing a sense of authenticity into our units of study.
In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second
Digital Promise
JANUARY 19, 2016
These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards. A recent study within a number of school districts, including the Middletown City School District, showed significantly greater academic growth in blended learning versus traditional classes. Ken Eastwood is the superintendent of Middletown City School District , NY, a member of our League of Innovative Schools.
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