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Want Students to Remember What They Learn? Have Them Teach It.

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I have recently become very interested in these questions because the Protégé Effect is something we are now trying to leverage at the nonprofit I work for, PowerMyLearning , which strengthens the triangle of student-family-teacher relationships. D’Angelo witnessed in her classroom? Bror also emphasized the benefit of relationships.

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Empowering Superintendents to Connect Technology and Learning

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Once a technology plan is adopted, superintendents needs to make sure all constituents have a laser focus on implementing it as developed, evaluating successes and failures, and then discussing how to move forward. Imperative 2: Raise the Bar with Rigorous, Transformative & Innovative Learning and Skills. Join the Community.

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Could Giving Parents Homework Help Students? Schools Try ‘Family Playlists’

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For the past 18 months, a pilot program in a South Bronx public school, called “Family Playlists,” developed by the New York-based nonprofit, PowerMyLearning , has used technology to increase families’ involvement in their students’ learning. She means inviting students to teach their families what they’re learning in school.