Edsurge
MAY 18, 2019
Employees report higher productivity , greater efficiency and less stress , while companies can benefit from lower real estate costs and an expanded talent pool. Video worked exceptionally well for us (even dating as far back as 2008) as our employees reported feeling more connected. on audio-only phone conferences.)
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
APRIL 29, 2014
As more than 900 entrepreneurs and educators converge in San Francisco this week, some will talk academic standards, literacy and charter schools. That’s why after attending two major edtech conferences in a row ( SXSW.edu ) and ( ASU/GSV ), I’m heading straight for a panel entitled: “But How Do We Know What’s Working?’’.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 8, 2018
Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. It was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. BERWYN, Ill. —
The Hechinger Report
MAY 16, 2016
In a conference room on the sixth floor of a downtown Oakland office building, the superintendents met for their afternoon debrief session. Even as the demands on principals have grown, including new academic standards and teacher evaluation systems, principal preparation programs have been slow to evolve, said Vanderbilt’s Ellen Goldring.
Edsurge
APRIL 4, 2017
Rethinking Success in a Supportive Climate As a first step, Sanborn ditched its traditional, letter-based grading system and instead adopted a set of rubrics that reflect a student’s competency on state and district academic standards. The rubrics use descriptors such as: limited, in-progress, meeting and exceeding.
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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