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Six Steps to Project Based Learning

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In 2015, the bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act signaled the end of one-size-fits-all instruction. The new legislation urged districts to embrace project based instruction aligned to academic standards and 21st century skills. 4) Student Voice and Choice. 1) Essential Question. 3) Authenticity.

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Understanding ESSA: How the Every Student Succeeds Act will Change U.S. Educational Policy

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have expressed frustration with No Child Left Behind, an educational policy that has been derided by educators as placing too much emphasis on standardized testing and failing to address racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps. ESSA encourages districts to bring edtech into the classroom. For over ten years, districts across the U.S.

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3 Tips for Easily Implementing Social-Emotional Learning – by John Gamba

ViewSonic Education

But amid a rush of new and emerging classroom solutions promising gains in student mental health and well-being, it’s becoming increasingly clear that not all K-12 SEL solutions are created equal. Yet just 22 percent said they felt “very prepared” to teach SEL in classrooms. The research is clear.

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Where in the World Is Planet3? An Educational Gaming CEO Seeks His Second Act

Edsurge

That year, the company received a $150,000 grant Small Business Innovation Research grant from the federal government to prototype its product in two classrooms. A Most Difficult Game The struggles of Planet3 are not unique to the educational game industry. Magnates from the gaming industry have attempted as well.

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Insanity In Education: 52 Mistakes We Make Over And Over Again

TeachThought - Learn better.

From realizing our collective potential as a construct, field, and industry? Resist allowing technology to radically alter our classrooms and ways of doing business within them. Actually believe that every single student can master every single academic standard–without making them think they hate learning.

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A Common Language: 30 Public Education Terms Defined

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Schools that are in the bottom 10 percent of performance in the State, or who have significant achievement gaps, based on student academic performance in reading/language arts and mathematics on the assessments required under the ESEA or graduation rates (as defined in this document). Student survey . Student performance data

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

eSchool News

As librarians, our job is to not only give students and teachers access to resources they need to succeed, but to be their guide when choosing these resources. They’re also useful when students keep digital reading journals for summer reading projects. What does a modern library look like?