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Tomorrow’s New Normal: What It Means for Professional Development

edWeb.net

Katie has 17 years of classroom and curriculum development and design experience at the secondary level and is a strong advocate for the advancement of the teaching profession. She is a contributor to state and local academic standards and teaching exemplars that help create high learning expectations and opportunities for all students.

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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

Of the dozen or so school leaders interviewed for this article, not one had a definitive answer for why the projections were so inflated. Shahan said that it became even harder for charters to reach their projected scores when the state stiffened its academic standards, creating more difficult versions of the state test starting in 2013.

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

eSchool News

Key points: School libraries have evolved to offer students and teachers everything they need See article: Modern students need modern librarians See article: 10 reasons we love school librarians For more news on school libraries, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching page What makes an effective school library?