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"The Memrise community uses images & science to make learning easy and fun."

"Join the maker movement! There's a technological and creative revolution underway. Amazing new tools, materials and skills turn us all into makers. Using technology to make, repair or customize the things we need brings engineering, design and computer science to the masses. Fortunately for educators, this maker movement overlaps with the natural inclinations of children and the power of learning by doing. The active learner is at the center of the learning process, amplifying the best traditions of progressive education. This book helps educators bring the exciting opportunities of the maker movement to every classroom."

Legacy New Tech  Legacy New Tech's foundation is Project Based Learning (PBL) with a STEM focus - science, technology, engineering and math. Legacy New Tech uses student centered projects and problem based learning methodology to increase relevance and rigor.

"When it comes to public education, 2013 is likely to be a year of new thinking, from innovative approaches to classroom technology to a potentially game-changing decision by the Supreme Court on affirmative action. States and school districts will continue to struggle with the recession's fiscal fallout, even as demands for more programs and services -- including science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) initiatives, extended learning time, and early childhood education -- increase."

"I will be sharing photos of my writing classroom and I will include explanations of what I do and how I utilize the many charts and displays in my classroom. I am a writing specialist for kindergarten, first grade, and second grade, so it is imperative that I have a print rich classroom, full of meaningful learning displays. I also teach grammar, science, and social studies."

"As the principal of P-TECH I am focused on bringing all my students to reach their potential, including those with learning disabilities. It may seem like the 9-14 school model would exclude high-needs students but actually there are several techniques I am employing that could be used in other schools as well. Increased learning time and a school culture that expects all students to complete the associate in applied science degree are key contributors to our success."

Tons of resources for common core and new science social studies standards and art, etc.

Chris Lehman,(principal) speech to the Science Leadership Academy grads

Michael mcsheehan presented at low incidence forum The IOD's research team is a multi-disciplinary group with backgrounds in education, autism, early childhood, employment, sustainable transportation, public policy, aging and long term care, positive behavioral supports, professional development, self determination, communication sciences and disorders, community development, literacy, developmental disabilities, and mental health. Research staffs possess training and expertise in a variety of quantitative and qualitative research methods, including case study, interview, observation, focus group, quasi-experimental design, participatory action research, and survey design. We apply our collective expertise to a broad range of disability topics to inform members of the disability community, policy makers, advocates, other stakeholders, as well as members of the general public. Our research emphasizes sound theory, collaboration with stakeholders, and the applicability of research results.

"Along with reading, science, and mathematics classes, every student here at Haut Gap Middle School takes a course in how to be a Haut Gap student. For most students, the class is 40 minutes a day for nine weeks-even for returning students. But it can last 18 weeks for students who need extra time to nail concepts such as how to own up to mistakes, accept feedback, and apologize appropriately."

"Paul Andersen has been teaching science in Montana for the last eighteen years. He explains how he is using elements of game design to improve learning in his AP Biology classroom."

"This is an awesome example of what kids can do when they are properly motivated by a skilled teacher. This is an excellent interactive book! Great job and congratulations to all the seventh grade authors and their teacher!!!"

This site is devoted to teaching educators how to use vodcasting to flip your classroom. This is the brainchild of Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams who are pioneers in the field of using vodcasts in the classroom. They have devised a new method of teaching called Pre-Vodcasting and the Flipped Classroom. In this model, students watch vodcasts at home and class time is spent in engaging hands-on activities and directed problem solving. Thus far, teachers and students using the Flipped Class model have been very successful in mastering science, mathematics and foreign language.

"What makes one low-performing school turn around and build momentum over time, while another, seemingly similar school tries the same strategies but continues to struggle? It's not just particular programs or practices, but the interplay of school implementation with district policies and support, according to the Institute of Education Sciences' Turning Around Low-Performing Schools project-the most comprehensive federal research on such schools to date."

"MobyMax is the first and only completely integrated curriculum and teacher tools system. From MobyMax's automatic placement tests and corresponding lessons to automatic IEP reporting, MobyMax is a real timesaver for teachers. In addition to math and ELA subjects, Moby is adding Science and Social Studies...without increasing our price!"

"This book highlights Mrs. LaCrosse's fifth graders trip this fall to Stone Lab! Collaboratively written by the students, it is all them!" Local classroom

"Most recently, Dr Ratey has penned, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain published by Little Brown. In Spark, Dr. Ratey guides the reader to an understanding of neurobiology and inspires the reader to reach for their potential, and embrace exercise that is crucial for the brain and body to operate at peak performance."

videos on standards based grading organized around three themes: SBG 101: videos designed classroom practitioners who are getting started with standards-based grading. Discipline-specific: math, science, social studies, language arts, visual arts, career & technical education videos Leadership/Change: videos for administrators and leadership teams.

"Join Michael Roush, Technology Coordinator for the Region 14 State Support Team, and Tom Kitchen, Curriculum Consultant at the Ross-Pike ESD, to learn about research-based practices to improve literacy in grades 6-12. Michael and Tom will introduce each of the five Practice Guide recommendations for improving adolescent literacy from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), an arm of the U.S. Department of Education. For each recommendation, they will suggest free tools that support it."

"Recently, ACT disaggregated its 2014 test results and college retention rates in order to get a closer look at the college aspirations and preparation levels of ACT-takers who reported a family income of less than $36,000 (the poorest 24 percent of test-takers). An astonishing 96 percent of these students reported plans to enroll in college. Despite their aspirations, however, only 11 percent met all four of ACT's college readiness benchmarks, which include English, reading, math, and science. Even more troubling, a whopping 50 percent of low-income students failed to meet a single benchmark."