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Unleashing Metacognition: The Power of See, Think, Wonder

Catlin Tucker

See, Think, Wonder Thinking Routine “I see, I think, I wonder” is a simple yet versatile thinking routine that can be used in elementary and secondary classrooms. Historical Events: When studying historical events, people, or places encourage students to analyze primary sources.

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Enhancing Communication and Safety at American Heritage Charter School with Rise Vision

eSchool News

Rise Vision, the #1 digital signage software is excited to announce the release of its newest case study featuring American Heritage Charter School. Josh remarked, “Before Rise Vision, [the school] had one TV in a secondary building doing basically a PowerPoint. They weren’t even using that when I got here.

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Civics Education Is Essential for Creating Engaged Citizens. I’m Hopeful It's About to Make a Comeback.

Edsurge

Students learn best when they study real ballot initiatives during an election year or work with journalism professors to write their own editorials for the local paper. With an increased emphasis on improving test scores in reading, writing, math and science, social studies fell to the wayside.

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How a Two-Generation Approach Can Build Success for Students and Families

Waterford

Two Generations Together: Case Studies from Head Start.” National Association of Secondary School Principals. And the effects of that will be felt from the classroom to their homes, and to their communities. Sources: Dropkin, Emmalie and Sylvia Jauregui. January 2015. Head Start. Head Start Services.” Edutopia.org. January 2016.

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Give me some credit, please! (Exploring plagiarism through a series of clever case studies by Jen)

NeverEndingSearch

Designed as a professional development experience for secondary teachers, Jen’s workshop has school-wide value for opening conversations about academic honesty. Jen describes the thinking behind the workshop: As a social studies teacher, students’ plagiarism was always an issue for me.

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How to Use the Dual Capacity-Building Framework to Strengthen Family Empowerment

Waterford

2] The Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) in a case study on the dual capacity-building framework found that when the family-teacher connection was prioritized, reading and math scores improved by 9% and 18%, respectively.[5]. These academic improvements aren’t just limited to one student, either. Wairimu, M.J.,

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Lessons Learned While Creating Long Lasting Change in Providence Public Schools

Edsurge

This case study was originally published on Getting Smart. As the largest school district in Rhode Island, Providence Public Schools makes up 25% of the state’s entire elementary and secondary student population. The study would engage technical staff as well as coaches and programmatic personnel. In partnership with.