Edsurge

MAY 18, 2019

Policies At Big Universe, we developed SOPs (standard operating procedures) for every department, in the form of checklists, which served us well for employee onboarding and establishing norms for accountability, expectations and a reminder of what needs to be done when. We covered topics such as number of U.S.

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Company EdTech How To Meeting 131

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 27, 2020

Her extensive background in education and public policy includes a role as Assistant Secretary of Education and Counselor to Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander under George H.W. As Assistant Secretary, she led the federal effort to promote the creation of voluntary state and national academic standards.

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Policies Academic Standards Company Assessment 36

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

The Hechinger Report–Teacher Project review found just six states that require caretakers to follow clear guidelines on developmentally appropriate learning strategies for children from birth to age 3. Upping the academic standards without corresponding support and training for caregivers could be an exercise in futility.

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Guidelines How To Report Policies 74

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

At Nueva, when it comes to assessment, standards-based grading is king. They include not just academic standards, but several teacher-selected “habits”: responsibility, curiosity, creativity, and self-improvement. Bob LaRocca, Director of Policy and Communication at. In other words, SEL competencies.

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Survey Assessment Report Academic Standards 105

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Her disability doesn’t mean she can’t analyze and discuss a text; she can be taught strategies to help her decode words more easily. She said she never got the help she needed or was taught strategies to work on comprehension. With these strategies in place, McLaughlin said, Michael was able to focus and comprehend more when reading.

Education 111

Education Strategy Report Training 111

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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Instructional Materials Survey Dropout Common Core 28

TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Of more pressing concern is the signage on the walls that focuses on learning strategies and digital citizenship. Yes, you’ve got a pile of academic standards that have to be mastered. Grant Wiggins has a great analogy for standards—building code. Also to fret? Or their extended family. Or even a classroom in Bombay.

Technology 40

Technology Gamification Digital Citizenship Academic Standards 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2018

This story about school segregation was produced by The Texas Tribune , a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that provides free news, data and events on Texas public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. A strategy with a Montessori in mind. It was reprinted with permission.

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Policies Data Elementary Academic Standards 55

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

MAY 19, 2023

In most universities, every instructor is required to assign a letter grade to every student in the course, and David and I don't know of any university actively removing such a policy. None of these is “better” or “worse” than another, and many instructors use a combination of approaches anyway.

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Course Report Academic Standards Policies 73

Edsurge

JULY 16, 2018

To infuse both real-world scenarios and academic standards into the new exams, as well as topics like leadership that college admissions reps would care about. The answer is yes, and they can be measured,” says Darling-Hammond, who now heads up the nonprofit Learning Policy Institute , in an interview with EdSurge.

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Assessment STEM Academic Standards Course 83

TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

Content-based academic standards. How has education retreating into a tangle of policy and jargon impacted the capacity of families and communities to be served by their own learning? That grouping strategy you were planning on using tomorrow. It’s Not About The Thinking. by Terry Heick. Use of data. Technology.

Academic Standards 40

Academic Standards Mobile Learning Flipped Classroom Mobility 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 1, 2015

The goal of the book was to provide an evidence-based “effect size” for many “pieces” of education, ranging from instructional strategies to family structure and teacher training. ” The utility of the strategies given here st this one apart from other good choices. Thus the title “Unschooled Mind.”

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Learning Case Study Data Training 40

MindShift

MAY 25, 2015

You see a broad consensus, a policy consensus, on the [important] role of the arts in schools,” Jones said. In her sixth-grade science class, teacher Kalli Harrell uses a bundle of strategies to give students the confidence to answer aloud and be engaged in class discussions.

Common Core 28

Common Core Academic Standards Course Report 28

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 11, 2015

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). Turnaround strategy . On-track indicator .

Education 40

Education Secondary Assessment Data 40

Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Federal policy has transformed the education of students with disabilities in the United States. We spoke with Laura Schifter , an expert on special education policy and a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education , about what districts can expect, and how schools can continue to support their most vulnerable students.

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Guidelines Education Academic Standards Policies 159

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A key strategy is to curate print and digital library collections that reflect student voice, choice, and identity. In a qualitative survey of 750 public libraries and 750 school libraries, the researchers discovered that public school policies often act as barriers to the ability for school libraries to engage with students on social media.

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Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 90