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A visual depiction of the book "Teaching 2030"

" The Florida Response to Intervention (RtI) website provides a central, comprehensive location for Florida-specific information and resources that promote schoolwide practices to ensure highest possible student achievement in both academic and behavioral pursuits. "

"A study to be released this morning at the American Educational Research Association convention here in New Orleans presents an even earlier warning sign: A student who can't read on grade level by 3rd grade is four times less likely to graduate by age 19 than a child who does read proficiently by that time. Add poverty to the mix, and a student is 13 times less likely to graduate on time than his or her proficient, wealthier peer."

How third grade reading skills and poverty influence high school graduation

"Give Em The Pickle and Leadership Pickles and What's Your Pickle? from Bob Farrell , customer service & leadership training videos!" Mentioned by Ritz Carlton guy

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"A Guide to Aligning the Common Core State Standards with the Framework for 21st Century Skills"

"student engagement and digital natives. "

"Welcome to the Future ...Today The future of education is already happening today, August 2011 "

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"The Flipped Classroom Infographic A new method of teaching is turning the traditional classroom on its head. What's a flipped classroom - and why now"

"Take your professional learning community to the next level by using Google Docs to collaborate with colleagues"

"Around the world there is a preoccupation with improved performance and ever increasing standards. But how do we secure exceptional performance and what type of leadership is needed in top performing organisations? The answers to such questions are addressed in a major new study about performance beyond expectations, led by Professor Andy Hargreaves and Professor Alma Harris. Performance beyond expectations - summary of the report Performance beyond expectations - full report This study takes a unique look at how organisations perform beyond expectations in three sectors: business; education and sport. "

"This issue of Changing Schools focuses on the third of five "high-leverage, high-payoff" areas for improving students' chances for success identified in McREL's report, Changing the Odds for Student Success: What Matters Most: Guaranteeing challenging, engaging, and intentional instruction Ensuring curricular pathways to success Providing whole-child student supports Creating high-performance school cultures Developing data-driven, "high-reliability" systems"

"Sometimes teachers and administrators need a kick in the pants to see what they perceive as problems re-framed in a different way. Adam S. Bellow, author of The Tech Commandments, and founder of eduTecher, spoke to a roomful of receptive teachers at the recent ISTE 2011 conference, and demonstrated some of the ironies and contradictions the education system is mired in. And he had some advice."

"LEVEL UP! features a series of standards-based lessons that provide students with the knowledge and tools to design their own video games-right from the comfort of your classroom. Video games are exciting, challenging, and a vital part of life for many teens. This year energize your students by using video games as an engaging educational tool to teach core language arts, math, and science concepts! Click here to review the research Two versions of this easy-to-use program have been created. Here's how it works: 1) Look below and choose the best program for you and your students. 2) Teach the classroom-based lessons. 3) Reinforce students' new STEM, language arts, and/or social studies knowledge by having them build an original game. 4) Encourage students in grades 7-12 to submit their video game designs to the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for a chance to win scholarships and awards! "

"Now there's a study that appears to show that a simple one-hour exercise can halve the racial achievement gap, while also making minority students healthier and happier. Although this claim sounds as preposterous as a pitch for a potion to cure baldness or to erase wrinkles, it's made in a recent issue of the journal Science."