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Reinventing Education, Revisited | eSchool News - 0 views
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It’s amazing to enter year one rooms a year later, after those teachers have the training and experience under their belts; you walk in those rooms, and they are like night and day. It’s just amazing what they are doing
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“This is [about an entire] environment; you can’t say it’s [only] about technology,” Allen said of the city’s efforts. “When you merge good teaching and good curriculum using i21 tools as the platform, then things really start to happen.” She added that the project requires all of these elements working together in order to succeed: “It is [about] all of the above in changing the environment, and how we do things, and how we think differently.”
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The school district will make all reasonable efforts to ensure that all Google Apps users (staff and students) are made aware of the district's acceptable use guidelines. Students who will have Google Apps accounts created must not only agree to the "Google Apps terms of service" (presented to them the first time they log in, see below), but they, along with their parent or legal guardian, should also initial and sign the District's Acceptable Use Policy.
Education Week: Lectures Are Homework in Schools Following Khan Academy Lead - 0 views
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It’s not just about the kids watching the same lecture the night before. For us, the big piece is having teachers use data to make instructional decisions about their students,
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Students worked through those initial units quickly, but she could see when they hit their “pain points”—sometimes on material covered several grades earlier. The Los Altos Pilot Administrators, teachers, and students in Los Altos School District share their experiences with Khan Academy. Source: The Khan Academy Administrators Teachers Students “In order for me to get that kind of understanding of a student, I would have had to sit down one-on-one and work through problems and see a pattern, which I’m happy to do, but it takes a lot of time,” Ms. Caldwell said. “This confirmed my suspicions and allowed me to remediate much more quickly.”
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“I was able to identify those learning gaps in real time, whether it was from 3rd or 4th or 5th grade, and I was able to remediate and saw those learning gaps begin to disappear
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Do Principals Know Good Teaching When They See It? Miller-McCune.com - 1 views
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conclude that most school leaders can’t identify or explain what constitutes good teaching, much less come up with helpful suggestions for improvement
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If we’re going to improve the quality of learning for all kids, we have to develop the expertise of those teachers we have in our ranks.”
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hen they must guide, support and nurture teacher learning just like we expect teachers to do for students.”
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New grade scale raises questions | Concord Monitor - 0 views
Chicago schools, teachers union hurl accusations of intimidation - chicagotribune.com - 0 views
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Class distinctions: Where boy doesn't meet girl | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sun... - 0 views
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"The single-sex format is a tool, one of many available to break down gender stereotypes," Sax said. "But don't confuse the tool for the objective, which is to help every boy and girl to reach their full potential."
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Deron Durflinger
I am the Superintendent/Secondary Principal at Van Meter Schools in Van Meter, IA. I am interested in helping lead the change in public education needed to meet the needs of learners in the 21st century. I have four children ages 15, 14, 11 and 9. I have a personal and a professional interest i...