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The Power of Claim-Evidence-Question

Catlin Tucker

This evidence can be drawn from various sources, such as research articles, data sets, personal observations, or historical examples. During the Evidence step, students are tasked with supporting their claim with relevant and compelling evidence.

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Data really is the secret sauce in the K-12 classroom

eSchool News

This is especially true with literacy, where it’s all too easy to lose track of student progress and performance as students make their way through elementary and middle school. We had growth data in every elementary school like we’ve never seen before. A reading program that everyone loves.

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Going Beyond the Hour of Code

Digital Promise

This article originally appeared on The Advocate from the Computer Science Teachers Association. See Code.org’s comparisons of CS curricula by grade level: elementary curricula. Show videos or articles that explore connections between computing and other disciplines, interests, and careers: TECHNOLOchicas. Start a club.

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Giving Students Choice in Reading Helps Stem the ‘Summer Slide’

Digital Promise

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Based on these encouraging results, we expanded the intervention at the same elementary school the following year, running book fairs for four classes. The comparison group, however, was modified. Read the original article.

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Governor Christie’s Guide to Destroying a Great Education System #NJED

A Principal's Reflections

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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Math Webtools to Support Any Curriculum

Ask a Tech Teacher

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. As students work, their tests are instantly scored and available on the teacher dashboard, with a comparison to prior timed tests.

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How TV Can Help In The Classroom And On The Field

Ask a Tech Teacher

I haven’t written about this learning tool in a long time so I was excited when AATT contributor, Sara Stringer , came up with this great article: Even though some people feel that there is too much on TV that does nothing to educate people, or children, for that matter, there is actually plenty on television to help with education.

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