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Teachers in Common-Core States Have Big Say in Choosing Resources, Report Suggests

Marketplace K-12

Teachers of math and English/language arts in states following the common-core standards are playing a strong role in developing or selecting the classroom resources they use, a report has found. More than 90 percent of math educators surveyed on the report, for instance, said they either selected or developed their own materials.

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#FactFriday: Florida’s AP Student Success

ExcelinEd

Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), “Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey,” 2000-01, 2010-11, 2014-15, and 2015-16. **Percent of public school students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. SOURCE: U.S.

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Is Estonia the new Finland?

The Hechinger Report

Fifth-graders at Konguta Kool – an elementary school in a small Estonian village – prepare for a math lesson in the computer lab. At that point, students decide whether to go to upper secondary school for three more years, where they focus on academics, or to vocational school to prepare for a specific career. Photo: Sarah Butrymowicz.

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Massachusetts once had the best state test in the country. Will it again?

The Hechinger Report

As rain poured outside on the chilly evening of February 24, a group of Arlington elementary school parents was imagining a sunnier place — Dorothy’s trip down the yellow brick road. But the shift to the Common Core State Standards meant it would have to go. Related: Common Core testing showdown in Massachusetts.

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The Free and Online 2014 School Leadership Summit Starts Wednesday! (Full Session List)

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Blended Learning Cohorts for Powerful and Sustainable Professional Development - Chad Fairey, Head of School The Easy and Hard Problems in the Transformational Use of Digital Media in Schools - James Bosco, Professor Emeritus What are the traits of an effective Elementary Physical Education program in today''s world - Francis J.

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Going Schoolwide with Reading Engagement: How We Got to Now

Reading By Example

For the past five years, our K-5 elementary school has focused on the relationship between reading and writing. The Common Core State Standards were a primary focus. Staff members who have spouses teaching in other schools sometimes mention that the student writing produced is comparable with secondary level work.

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What should new teachers know before they set foot in a classroom?

The Hechinger Report

Eckhoff was among a group of veteran Missouri teachers who joined representatives of university teacher preparation programs and staff from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for a four-hour forum this fall as part of a state effort to change how teachers are prepared for the classroom and supported once they get there.