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Nationally representative samples of more than 7,000 4th graders, 11,000 8th graders, 12,000 12th graders participated in the 2010 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in U.S. History. Summary: Lowest performing 4th graders make greatest gain from 1994 + scores incr since 2006 for male as well as for Black and Hispanic 8th graders Avg scores for 8th & 12 graders increase from 1994 Less than 1/4 of students perform at or above Proficient level in 2010

Terrific visual summary of all the Shuttle flights including the two tragedies.

Great summary of cliched myths about teachers.

Use LetterPop to create eye-popping newsletters, actionable presentations, irresistible invitations, beautiful product features, sizzling event summaries, informative club updates, lovely picture collages, and a whole lot more

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A humorous and fairly accurate summary of the most popular social media platforms and a comparison to In Real Life social arenas.

Guide from Shmoop Summary, themes, quotes, questions, characters, literary devices, trivia, weblinks

The is a summary of the 2006 Cornell University study that shows a statistically significant link between increased TV use by children under 3, and autism spectrum disorders. It gives the meat of the study and is an easier read than the complete study, though the link to the original is provided.

We need to be careful about screen time!

Archive of the #elemchats on twitter

Vicki Davis' ISTE workshop on Diigo and Social Bookmarking. Includes outline of workshop and research summary.

Archive and summary offering advice on progressing your teaching career from ukedchat session.

Summary of pros and cons of a case study of blended learning. From the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation

Summary and Storify from #UKEdChat Literacy Subject Special

very useful perspective covering critique, useful film summaries and mention of comedians with disabling conditions

Summary from an education discussion about learning outside the classroom

Infographic Summary, Archive and Storify from a ukedchat discussion focusing on design skills

Teacher discussion summary and archive full of ideas to get children reading for pleasure

"An infopic is a photo with text layered on top that is designed to communicate a message. The message might be a summary, quote, definition, notes, data, weblink, hashtag, or other informational tidbits. The information might come from a conference, workshop, activity, lesson, video, book, a conversation, etc. Your blog, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Google Plus are great places to share infopics." Tony shares how to create infopic in a great video. He is an amazing teacher!

The Main Idea provides monthly summaries of educational books in handy 8-page digests. 

Dr. Kimberly Tyson shares 10 Do's and Dont's for teachers doing vocabulary instruction. Nice summary. The blog post also connects to other known effective instructional approaches (including Marzano).