Waterford

APRIL 23, 2021

Here’s how teaching students to think like a detective, examine source materials, and think critically moves history lessons from memorization to critical thinking and exploration—skills that will serve them well even beyond history class. The definition of historical thinking is vague but encompasses several core concepts.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Our teachers work hard every year for our students, and we are excited that this hard work is reflected in our growth scores,” said Dr. Jason Bell, secondary supervisor and VILS district co-lead for Polk County Schools. Innovation in the classroom leads to student engagement.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

With 1:1 computer access for grades 3–8, students engage in coding, inquiry-based learning, and critical thinking beginning with Kindergarten. The school visit included teacher presentations demonstrating the SAMR (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition) framework, classroom observations, and student showcases.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Meanwhile, a 2018 UK study found that secondary students aren’t selecting challenging books as they often do in primary grades—a choice that does not support sustained reading comprehension and has concerning implications for success at the college level.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 26, 2019

Recent research has shown that SEL increases high school graduation rates, and post-secondary enrollment and graduation rates, as well as employment rates and wages. SEL also decreases behavioral issues, dropout rates, drug use, and teen pregnancy, so the advantages of including it in elementary and secondary classes are clear.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2018

It’s all part of a statewide push to “personalize” learning, giving students more of a say over what — and where — they study. The effort has two chief goals: keeping students engaged in school and keeping them in the state after they graduate. Field trips to local employers are another. Sign up for our newsletter.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

One teacher, many students: It’s basically the definition of school as we know it, going back to the earliest days of the Republic. The company says that participating schools are reporting academic gains for students who start out behind, as well as “greater student engagement, increased attendance, better behavior.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2020

Secondary sessions are held in Zoom meeting rooms with a capacity of 300--if those rooms are full, you'll have to wait for the recording to watch. To make sure your computer or mobile is configured for Zoom, please visit zoom.us/test. Making sure you are sparking on all cylinders is critical to success.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 24, 2023

It’s the invisible thread that weaves together student engagement, academic success, and the overall harmony of the classroom environment. Salient Classroom Management Skills: Finding the Most Effective Skills to Increase Student Engagement and Decrease Disruptions. American Secondary Education, 41(3), 21–33.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2016

To be sure, ongoing ill will over NCLB influenced the bitter, drawn-out negotiations over the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which became ESSA (NCLB was also a reauthorization of the 1965 act). How much of No Child Left Behind’s legacy still lingers on in its successor? Did NCLB work?”

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

APRIL 2, 2022

Firstly, while you may not want or need to include every single aspect for every discussion, the formatting suggestions Verso provides is excellent scaffolding to ensure students engage in high quality discourse. in Secondary Education Language Arts. I attended the University of Alabama (Roll Tide!) and graduated with a B.S.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 11, 2015

So the following list of public education terms is useful not so much for the definitions, but for the credibility (or at least authority) of the definitions, as they are sourced from the Department of Education itself, in this case in regards to clarify Race to the Top language and meaning. Student performance data .

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Being able to modify how students are seated enables a greater variety of tech-based activities. And variety -- over a class period, day, or week -- increases student engagement. Flexible seating also allows activities to include student choice, creativity, and collaboration. Get familiar with the law.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Integrating technology does not automatically improve student engagement or learning. ?MYTH MYTH #2: Lessons should be as creative and fun as possible to increase engagement. TRUTHS: Engaging kids is different from ensuring they’re having fun. .” That is definitely important work.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2023

But instead of strengthening social studies or helping more students engage with the subject, the focus in recent years has been on undermining or attacking it, he said. Social studies is sometimes seen as an afterthought, left out of daily instruction, he said.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

“Students from Meriden, students from Connecticut and Latino students in general are going to be looking at him … and have an opportunity to say, ‘Yes, this could be me.’ It’s definitely a wonderful opportunity for Latino youth to see him as a role model.” It’s encouragement. in the early days of the new administration.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 15, 2020

What I see a lot of teachers doing is working very, very hard to engage students in ways that are never going to work. I see teachers who have been taught that if you just do this trick, or if you just say this, or if you just organize your classroom this way, that will lead to student engagement and motivation.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. And what does it mean if schools entrust this definition to for-profit companies and their version of psychological expertise? And I’d never gotten my Ph.D.

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