A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Both of my parents were public educators; my father an elementary principal in Hackettstown and my mother an elementary teacher in Flemington. This recognition has been validated by state-by-state data comparisons. It breaks my heart to see what is happening in a state that I hold dear to my heart.

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System Comparison Education Common Core 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2019

Programs are geared to the particular learning of Elementary and Middle School, and Middle and High School with games and lessons aligned to state and national standards like Common Core, TEKS and MAFS. 10 Articles on Using Tech to Teach Math. Free on the web; fee for the app. Let me know what you think!

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Common Core Digital Citizenship Comparison Report 250

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 20, 2016

Breaking News – Are you looking for a site filled with great news articles? Keep in mind that a teacher can even find an older article that matches curricular content standards. Also, check out Newsela for Elementary and note there is a also a comparison of a free and paid version.

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Resources Tools Differentiated Instruction Learning 60

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

Second-graders at Dunn Elementary in Kentucky. And yet, as a recent Hechinger Report article recently highlighted, the state’s data systems make it extremely difficult to distill a clear picture of what is working with English learners. Related: Closing gap for immigrant students under Common Core in Kentucky is a moving target.

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Policies Data Common Core Comparison 40

Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Sketchnoting is helping make your thinking visible and shareable as you are reading a professional book, watching a movie clip, reading an educational blog post or article or listening to a lecture of conference keynote. However, what does that look like for early elementary grades (K-3)?

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Resources iPad Mobility eBook 91

wwwatanabe

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

Those of us who are transitioning to Common Core standards know that text complexity will affect the rigor in our classrooms. Teachers and librarians who use Accelerated Reader (AR) in their schools need to take into consideration that the AR levels (ATOS) are changing to adapt to the higher reading levels in Common Core.

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Common Core Resources Differentiated Instruction Secondary 74

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

The problem is that many American elementary schools aren’t doing that. ” But this research hasn’t made its way into many elementary school classrooms. ” Related: Can Common Core reading tests ever be fair? “We never looked at brain research. We had never, ever looked at it.

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Training Elementary Report Study 112