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New K-12 think tank zeroes in on research and policy

eSchool News

Learning Policy Institute to bridge research and policy; respond to “New Moment”. A new national education think tank – the Learning Policy Institute – will conduct high-quality research to inform evidence-based policies that can prepare all students for the challenges of our fast-changing, knowledge-based society.

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Most Parents Think Teachers Are Fully Prepared to Deliver Science of Reading-Aligned Instruction; Educators Are Less Optimistic

eSchool News

In May, Education Week reported that 31 states and the District of Columbia had adopted laws and policies requiring early reading instruction to be aligned with the science of reading,” Gaehde continued. To learn more, visit www.cambiumlearning.com or follow Cambium on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

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How to Build Your PLN

Ask a Tech Teacher

Having people who understand how you think, have your back in emergencies, and serve as a virtual knowledge base will help you to handle difficult colleagues, adapt to challenging principals, address tricky parents, and differentiate for varied student needs. My Twitter handle is @askatechteacher. Post to it regularly.

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Take Student Collaboration to the Next Level – SULS0120

Shake Up Learning

The terminology is all the same giving kids a strong knowledge base for both subjects. . Twitter: @33heupel. See: Copyright Policy. Vicki also talks about how this process helps kids make connections in their English classes. Defending their claims with evidence is the same process for writing arguments.

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Searching for the Ability to Think: Training our Kids to Go Past Google

The CoolCatTeacher

5 Ways to Teach Students to Think From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. In other words, they learned and built their own knowledge base. To expand their knowledge, they had to assemble a library and know how to find books in it. We’ve been doing this project eight years now.

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Top 10 Tips for Using Social Media for Administrators & Other Educators

The 21st Century Principal

While it is impossible to learn everything about social media due to its continually evolving nature, school leaders who set policy and direct a school community''s use of the 21st century media need to know all they can. For example, policy needs to make it clear when posting to social media is as an agent of the school or district.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

And certainly the expectation of many ed-tech products (and increasingly school policy) is that parents will do just this — participate in the incessant monitoring of student data. There was a regularly updated Facebook page, a Twitter account, as well as a LinkedIn profile for its supposed president. 3D Printing.

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