eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2015

High school teachers may not be getting sufficient opportunities and training to learn the very subjects they are teaching–and students are taking notice–according to new findings from YouthTruth Student Survey and a new analysis on education colleges conducted by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ).

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Survey Analysis Secondary Academic Standards 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2016

Ron Smith (left), a middle school network superintendent in Oakland, speaks to Jaime Aquino of New Leaders during a “learning walk” at a local middle school. What’s the learning objective today?” What were kids learning?” 75 percent of principals think their job has become “too complex,” according to a 2012 survey.

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Training How To Survey Academic Standards 76

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 15, 2018

The non-profit organization Mentor, which works to ensure that everyone “has the supportive relationships they need to grow and develop,” conducted a national survey in 2014 of youth aged 18 to 21 and found that one in three reported growing up without a mentor of any kind. Likewise, schools must adopt more work-based learning programs.

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Company Academic Standards Report Secondary 107

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 11, 2015

A State’s college- and career-ready standards must be either (1) standards that are common to a significant number of States; or (2) standards that are approved by a State network of institutions of higher education, which must certify that students who meet the standards will not need remedial course work at the post-secondary level.

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Education Secondary Assessment Data 40

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2017

First Comes Plans, Then Comes (Effective) PD Stephanie Avera, secondary TOSA, and John Morgan, Director of EdTech, of Capistrano Unified School District decided it was time to rethink technology PD. But that changed when student surveys conducted after each lesson suggested that they were more engaged with the lesson.

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Technology Education EdTech Future Ready 60

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

We work with teachers and administrators to create life-long learning patterns in students, whether that’s by curating resources for classroom research projects or by coming into the classroom to teach a lesson on how to do research themselves. What does a modern library look like? What are the emerging technologies in a library?

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