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To Close the Math Achievement Gap, We Must Recognize What Students Bring to the Classroom

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Picture the following: A student volunteers to answer a math question in an elementary school classroom. The teacher has also set up a classroom that nurtures curiosity and questioning that leads to learning. As she struggles to answer the question, two other students begin to whisper questions in her ear.

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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

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On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. Teachers rarely stand at the front of the classroom. LINDSAY, Calif. —

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How State Reform in New Hampshire Led to Teacher Autonomy

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But at Memorial Elementary School , one of two elementary schools in New Hampshire’s Sanborn Regional School District , administrators and teachers are given the freedom to experiment with cutting-edge ideas not in spite of district and state guidelines, but because of them.

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Teachers' Essential Guide to Seesaw

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While Google Classroom and its accompanying suite of tools is immensely popular in education -- especially at the secondary level -- Seesaw is a fast-growing and user-friendly digital platform for teachers to assign work, engage with students, and provide feedback, among other classroom activities. How do I set up my class in Seesaw?

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How to boost math skills in the early grades

The Hechinger Report

Small-group math work at Prairie Oak Elementary in Berwyn North School District 98 where, two years ago, just 14 percent of third-graders were able to do grade-level math. Researchers say many high-poverty kindergarten classrooms don’t teach enough math and the few lessons on the subject are often too basic. BERWYN, Ill. —

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

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In terms of student proficiency, today's classrooms are more diverse than ever. In these classrooms, teachers face a seemingly impossible task -- providing effective instruction to all the unique students under their care. We're "detracking" students previously sorted by ability.

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“It’s unfair” special education students lag behind under Common Core in Kentucky

The Hechinger Report

Field Elementary teacher Jessica Rockhold works with Remy Campbell on a smart board in her classroom. But to expect that the Common Core – or any standards – alone will move the needle is overreaching, he said. Field Elementary teacher Jessica Rockhold works on reading with Tyler Howard, left, and Anthony Diaz, right.