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Beyond English: Why Writing Belongs in Every Classroom

Catlin Tucker

Writing to Learn: How Writing Positively Impacts Learning & Academic Success The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) states that writing is “ one of the most important skills that students acquire and develop during K-12 schooling. Handbook of Writing Research , 2, 194-207. Graham, S., & Hebert, M.

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Grade Change: Moving a School Culture Forward

A Principal's Reflections

Multiple forms of formal assessment : Marking period grades have to be comprised of multiple forms of assessment. Failure floor : As per HS grading practices detailed in the current student handbook, a 64 or below is failing. If this is the case submit a referral to the I&RS team.

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One surprising barrier to college success: Dense higher education lingo

The Hechinger Report

Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report. Cluttered with confusing terminology, it and other densely worded documents are a surprisingly significant barrier to students — especially students who don’t have college counselors to help them or parents with higher educations. Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report. ATHENS, Ga.

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Free edTPA Tools Support Teacher Candidates and Programs

Edthena

We came to this work via our existing partners who were already using edTPA, and they asked us to build a solution that went well beyond offering a way to download the edTPA handbooks. Our portfolio builder is set up such that the instructions from the edTPA handbook are available for each task part. Document management?

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HyperDocs and the teacher librarian

NeverEndingSearch

The “Girls” explain that a true HyperDoc is much more than some links on a document. Desired outcome (explore, apply, assess)? #2: TEMPLATE: Explore, Explain, Apply SAMPLE: ThingLink Animal Reports. Mark the document with ‘Created By’ and include your name. HyperDoc Handbook (Amazon).

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Chronically absent: Is quality education possible in juvenile detention in Mississippi?

The Hechinger Report

When asked for comment, Jackson Public Schools officials said that although they cannot publicly comment on or confirm a student’s discipline, the handbook considers box cutters weapons, and forbids students from having one in their personal possession on campus for non-instructional purposes. “Bored.”

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A traditional model of organizational knowledge creation

Connecting 2 the World

Unlike formal schooling, individual content knowledge is not necessarily assessed through testing (Diaz, et al, 1999). However, even this mode of communicating content knowledge is often backed up with resumes and work artifacts such as reports, products, and work records. Individual content knowledge: Resume and portfolio of work.

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