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This article discusses strategies of detracking students, working with families (i.e. community schools), and better ways of working with students of diverse backgrounds and how these strategies worked to close the achievement gaps.

This article uses a Pennsylvania Elementary school and its partners as an example of community schools and what it can do to help make education in and out of the classroom more attainable.

Among other ideas, this article touches on the learning environment of a work place and the impact on performance. The classroom is a student's work place and one performance task is to reference their notes and worked solutions when practicing individually or within a group. Can we get the students to see the correlation between referencing their notes, comparing and contrasting, analyzing their work and increasing their understanding so they can be successful in their studies?

This article discusses achievement gap and students' perceptions within the learning environment. These ideas and understandings are necessary as the teacher develops the classroom environment for learning and finds solutions for learning and instructional gaps.

The findings in the article explains what are some critical factors to closing the teaching gap. One finding that I found that was interesting was "Teaching, Not Teachers, Is The Critical Factor". It explains that the best teachers focus on the teaching methods that yield the greatest results in the student's learning.

In this article John Albert discusses ways to close the achievement gap through the blended learning approach. With this new learning approach growing more and more popular each school year, it is important to recognize how it can close gaps, if utilized correctly. John talks about five key points in implementing the blended learning approach successfully that will in return close achievement gaps; choosing the right tools, training staff, creating a data team, engaging parents, and highlighting success.

Great article explaining learning gaps in students and that the gaps cannot alway be filled in schools. It is not solely the responsibility of the teacher to teach, there are other resources/people that can help end/lower gaps.

Useful question/answer article providing solutions to ending or filling the learning gap in education

This article highlights the benefits of engaging in school partnerships to enrich student learning. With high-art experiences, underprivileged students can improve their performance in various subjects and strengthen the connection with community and learning.

The first source I found appears to be useful for educators who may not be certified in ESOL, but have ELL students. It breaks down the different types of ELL learners and this could be important when planning and implementing activities. It also helps the teacher get to know the student better and show empathy and compassion. This article is related to "older" ELL students and our data is from a high school class, so therefore some of the solutions for success offered could help these students if implemented. I also like that it emphasizes teaching language through content. This is important because students might understand the general idea, but cannot make certain connections due to language barriers. Therefore, breaking through those barriers might be all the student need to make the connection desired. I also like that it provides questions with answers! This could be very helpful for our group!

This article explores the use of mathematical discourse, or misconceptions, to promote student discussions and learning. It goes on to examine the process and best practices of using mathematical discourse to teach students content and practice mathematical vocabulary skills.

This article focuses on the importance of teaching through questions rather than relying on answers.

My Data Learning Team is looking at an area in which a class struggles. While the students are older than in this study, it's sometimes good to go back and look at other possible stresses on the student.

This article highlights the realization of Seymour Papert that electronic devices could increase education in isolated geographical regions facing poverty. Although we don't have school districts living in isolation in the United States, we do have poverty stricken districts with little to no technology available to the students. Seymour Papert had a vision "of a digitally enhanced learning experience [helping] close some of the gap that exists among urban and rural, well-resourced and poor schools."

This article speaks of how implementing the framework known as Environment as a Integrating Context (EIC) can help close the achievement gap for students and lead to deeper connections through all subjects. The framework focuses on using the surroundings, and community around the school as a basis for the education. Understanding that if students can connect knowledge to visual cues and surroundings that they see everyday, it will help in the long term memory of those lessons and a higher mastery rate. This framework in my opinion should be used for secondary education. I believe this because that particular age group will be able to connect what they are learning in other subjects through this framework and it would be extremely beneficial when it comes to the standardized testing.

This is a great article that delivers insight about how incorporating children's literature in middle school math can improve literacy amongst students and overall improve mathematical comprehension. These literatures if used appropriately can reduce math testing anxiety and increase confidence amongst students in math.