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Tony Vincent's Learning in Hand - Blog - "rubric to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of an app in terms of how it may impact student achievement. His criteria include curriculum connection, authenticity, feedback, differentiation, user friendliness, and student motivation"

"This guide identifies practices that can improve the performance of chronically low-performing schools-a process commonly referred to as creating "turnaround schools." The four recommendations in this guide work together to help failing schools make adequate yearly progress."

"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."

"Chief among these is the "culture of poverty" myth-the idea that poor people share more or less monolithic and predictable beliefs, values, and behaviors. For educators like Janet to be the best teachers they can be for all students, they need to challenge this myth and reach a deeper understanding of class and poverty."

NPR story on teacher expectations

Mapping Media to the Curriculum is a website created by Wesley Fryer to accompany and support his eBook, "Playing with Media: simple ideas for powerful sharing." 

Not all students learn at the same pace. Use this week's Tool for reflecting on and planning differentiated instruction in general education classrooms for students with diverse needs.

"On September 7, 2001, Governor Jeb Bush signed Executive Order 01-260 (PDF) designating Just Read, Florida! as a comprehensive and coordinated reading initiative."

some other good equity resources

some good ideas we may want to use in our equity discussions

"I've got a professional challenge for you: I want you to flip every faculty meeting during the 2012-2013 school year."

"http://www.socialnomics.net/ Based on #1 International Best Selling Socialnomics by Erik Qualman this is the latest in the most watch social media series in the world. "

"I have to admit that two years ago, I didn't, in general, use the terms access, accessible, or accessibility as a frame for beliefs about learning. Of course, as with most educators, I've been quick to embed phrases such as learning for all, eliminating achievement gaps, and opening the door for all learners into my edu-speak, but I'm shifting how I think about what accessible learning for all actually looks like."

"This video was produced by the U.S. Department of Education for the 35th Anniversary Celebration of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)."

Great list of tutorials!

Resources from Heidi Hayes Jacobs Curriculum 21