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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.

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High schools fail to provide legally required education to students with disabilities

The Hechinger Report

In some cases that means being given more time on tests or being offered the option of using technology for written assignments; in other cases it means having an aide in the classroom working with them individually. Hatharasinghe-Gerschler had been diagnosed with a reading comprehension disability in elementary school.

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On the importance of making a (reopening) plan

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Eliminating school library programs and certified school librarian positions deprive students of rich learning opportunities, jeopardize academic and reading achievement, and perpetuate educational inequities. From Kim Borden’s Plainfield Elementary School Library Reopening Plan and COVID Response.

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Apple’s Strongest Case to Reclaim the Education Market Is Not the New iPad

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We believe that our place at the intersection of technology and the liberal arts makes it possible to create and amplify our creativity,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said on stage. Still, Brendan Kelly, an Apple Distinguished Educator who teaches at Wilson Elementary School in West Allis, Wisc. This is something only Apple can do.”

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A Common Language: 30 Public Education Terms Defined

TeachThought - Learn better.

The difference in the performance between each ESEA subgroup (as defined in this document) within a participating LEA or school and the statewide average performance of the LEA’s or tate’s highest achieving subgroups in reading/language arts and mathematics as measured by the assessments required under the ESEA. Achievement gap.

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2017’s Ho-Hum, Unremarkable, But Too-Often Ignored Lessons in Education Technology

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As someone who has taught high school history, led a school district, and researched the history of school reform along with the use of educational technologies over the past half-century, I found little that startled me in 2017 (with the exception for one event noted below). Differentiating between the two is crucial.

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

eSchool News

As times have changed, technology has advanced, and student needs have evolved—so, too, has the role of the librarian. What are the emerging technologies in a library? Translation technologies can be included for students and parents whose native language is not English. What are the new trends in libraries?