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Data really is the secret sauce in the K-12 classroom

eSchool News

This is especially true with literacy, where it’s all too easy to lose track of student progress and performance as students make their way through elementary and middle school. Knowing this, we opted to pilot the Lexia Core5 Reading adaptive blended learning literacy program a few years ago. A reading program that everyone loves.

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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

Edsurge

By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. Distance learning began March 23. In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time.

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Flip Grid: 6 Fun Ideas to Engage Learners in Conversation with Teryl Magee

The CoolCatTeacher

I’ve included a comparison matrix with features to help you figure out what system is best for you. So maybe I’m a social studies teacher, I’m teaching middle school, I’m teaching high school, it could even obviously do it down in Elementary School as well. Sponsored by Bloomz I’ve been using Bloomz for three years now and I love it.

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Part 1: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Reading

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Welcome to a series that supports the use of technology in support of differentiated learning in and beyond the PBL classroom. Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Check out my Booking Page.

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PROOF POINTS: Inside the perplexing study that’s inspired colleges to drop remedial math

The Hechinger Report

Instead of testing remedial versus college algebra, which would be a direct test of remedial education, the study compared remedial algebra to college statistics, a sort of apples to oranges comparison. But the evidence does not suggest that these corequisite courses are the magic potion that is going to change completion and persistence.

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Most Memorable Blog Posts of the Year – 2015

Reading By Example

What these posts all have in common is they were worth saving for my own learning and reading enjoyment. This Wisconsin principal reflects on his experience as a spelling bee contestant during his elementary school days. He applies this lesson to how educators approach learning with their own students, positively or negatively.

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How Empowering Girls to Confront Conflict and Buck Perfection Helps Their Well-Being

MindShift

Marean spoke at the Innovative Learning Conference hosted at The Nueva School in Hillsborough, California. She sees the same patterns from early elementary school girls through high school. Two girls participate in a Girls Leadership workshop. With her eighth-graders, comparison is a big problem. It works like a GPS.