Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

Throughout the year, Two Rivers holds four student-led, parent-teacher conferences. Heyck-Williams says these conferences help families understand the grading system, as students sit down with the data to discuss their strengths and weaknesses. We’re doing things that are a little radical but still grounded in academic standards. .

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Although Illinois adopted Common Core standards in 2010, Berwyn North, a kindergarten through eighth-grade district with 3,084 students , had not yet incorporated the standards when Ayala and her new assistant superintendent, Amy Zaher, were hired in 2012.

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MindShift

JULY 9, 2018

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. That push for a common, connected curriculum also includes what happens before, and during, kindergarten. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. BERWYN, Ill. —

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MindShift

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Research has shown that a majority of the educators who teach English-language learners (ELLs) are creating their own instructional materials — often with little oversight — that don’t necessarily match the student’s grade level or the rigor required by state academic standards.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Drug use, suspensions and expulsions have put many students here far behind academically. While Massachusetts high schools adhere to the relatively tough Common Core academic standards, at Independence Academy the priority is on meeting students where they are. The standard is what’s appropriate,” Mr. Kain says. “If

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