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Learning Recovery Through Acceleration

A Principal's Reflections

On the other hand, acceleration strategically prepares students for success in the present—this week, on this content. Rather than concentrating on a litany of items that students have failed to master, acceleration readies students for new learning. assessments to priority standards.

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5 things you need to know about the science of reading

eSchool News

But how are we addressing the ways that the system has failed our secondary students when they first learned to read? Here’s how a middle school ELA teacher is learning to support the students in her class who were passed along without receiving the literacy instruction they needed.

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Transforming Reading Instruction to Include the Science of Reading

edWeb.net

MT), Superintendent Casey Bertram sees the transformation process taking five to ten years and including multiple goals, such as an early literacy goal, individual grade-level goals, and professional learning goals for the district staff. At the Secondary Level. Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast.

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Authentic Assessments to Support Teaching and Learning

edWeb.net

We, as edtech leaders and classroom teachers, must explore pathways where assessments support teaching and learning in the 21st century. Authentic assessments are always about the connections we make with students, each other, and the broader community as indicated in a Gallup poll. About the Presenter.

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7 Ways Data-Fueled PLCs Are Transforming Education

Edsurge

Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) have long supported teachers in their career development, but with the help of technology, they’re now transforming education itself. We spoke with educators around the country and discovered seven ways that PLCs are transforming teaching and learning in schools.

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4 Tips for Facilitating Powerful Student Collaboration

Digital Promise

It allows each person to contribute with shorter deadlines and individual deliverables and makes it easier to assess each person’s contribution. I advise teacher professional learning cohorts to start small if they plan to introduce a project-based learning unit. Interested in learning more?

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Five ways that project based learning empowers educators and elevates equity

Hapara

Projects that provide authentic intellectual challenges set the table for increased achievement as students find meaning in what they are learning, especially when they discover they can positively impact the world outside their classroom. If this sounds like an experience for secondary students, think again.

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