Students who strongly agree that they have at least one teacher who makes them "feel excited about the future" and that their school is "committed to building the strengths of each student" are 30 times more likely than students who strongly disagree with those statements to show other signs of engagement in the classroom—a key predictor of academic success, according to a report released Wednesday by Gallup Education.
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Rethinking Parent-Teacher Conferences - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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Teachers have set aside time. Families have rearranged their schedules. Everyone is ready for parent-teacher conferences. This can play out in one of two ways. If there is something crucial to discuss, you might wonder: Shouldn't the parents and teachers have been communicating about this already? If there is nothing crucial to discuss, is it a waste of everyone's time?
More Than Half of Students 'Engaged' in School, Says Poll - Education Week - 1 views
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"Many, many, many teachers, principals and superintendents have known for literally decades that if we don't engage students to care about being in school, that's going to get in the way of learning," he said.
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"One of the big problems with No Child Left Behind and even [the Common Core State Standards] is that we are only focused on students' cognitive learning,"
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Gifted & Talented…and Afraid | EduGuide - 1 views
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In fourth grade, I was one of three students selected to participate in a “Gifted & Talented” program. My parents were so proud; I was one of the “smart kids,” a brilliant writer and a natural actress, and life was going to be so easy for me.
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getting the right answers, best grades, and lead roles in school plays wasn’t about learning; it was about proving, to myself and the world, that I deserved that “Gifted & Talented” distinction.
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I was afraid to take risks that might show me off as anything less than innately brilliant.
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Updating Data-Driven Instruction and the Practice of Teaching | Larry Cuban on School R... - 0 views
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I am talking about data-driven instruction–a way of making teaching less subjective, more objective, less experience-based, more scientific.
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Data-driven instruction, advocates say, is scientific and consistent with how successful businesses have used data for decades to increase their productivity.
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Of course, teachers had always assessed learning informally before state- and district-designed tests. Teachers accumulated information (oops! data) from pop quizzes, class discussions, observing students in pairs and small groups, and individual conferences.
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