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How Differentiating Instruction Helps Students Connect to Learning

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I’ve spent 16 years serving on and chairing the board of the National Dropout Prevention Center (NDPC) and 25 years leading companies that serve schools and students of all kinds. Knowing the wide range of academic diversity a typical teacher faces in today’s K-12 classrooms, differentiating instruction is an essential approach.

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Does Presence Equal Progress? Tracking Engagement in Online Schools

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The practice of funding public schools and assessing student engagement based on a student’s physical attendance is rooted in this definition and has only reinforced what is an outmoded idea. Today, I lead a company that creates online models for teaching and learning, yet my mission is much the same as it was when I was in the classroom.

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