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Project-Based Learning at High-Tech High - Howe Public School's P3 Network - 0 views

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Find Public Domain (Copyright-Free) Content on the Internet via Creative Commons - 0 views

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The Answer Sheet - How to help African-American males in school: Treat them like gifted... - 0 views

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I wanted to cry when I read about the recent widely publicized report from the Council of Great City Schools about the underachievement of African-American males in our schools. Its findings bear repeating: African-American boys drop out at nearly twice the rate of white boys; their SAT scores are on average 104 points lower; and black men represented just 5 percent of college students in 2008.
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Driven by the intense focus on accountability, schools and teachers used standardized test scores to help identify and address student weaknesses. Over time, these deficits began to define far too many students so that all we saw were their deficits – particularly for African-American males. As a result, we began losing sight of these young boys’ gifts and, as a consequence, stifled their talents.
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We need to shift from remediation focused on weaknesses to mediation that develops strengths.
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Finally, students must be enabled to be more active in their own education. Schools should give students opportunities to participate in teachers’ professional development aimed at enriching curriculum, improving teaching and expanding the range of materials students create.
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In this way, student strengths will be illuminated. Teachers will get meaningful feedback on their instruction. Numerous ideas for creative classroom activities will be generated, and new bonds between teachers and students will develop. We must embrace a new approach to African-American males that focuses less on what they aren’t doing and builds on what they can and want to do as the path to improving their academic performance.
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Educational Leadership:Teaching the Tweens:Differentiating for Tweens - 0 views

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Effective tween instruction incorporates movement every 10 to 15 minutes.

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The Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them - 0 views

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The theory underlying concept maps and to construct and use tehm.

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