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Turning a Cruise Ship by Christopher Wooleyhand, Ph.D.
President Barack Obama signed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) on December 10, 2015. According to the government’s webpage, the reauthorization of NCLB represents “good news for our nation’s schools.”
The bipartisan law proclaims to:
Advance equity by upholding critical protections for disadvantaged and high-need students.
Require—for the first time—that all students in America be taught to high academic standards that will prepare them to succeed in college and… Continue
The bipartisan law proclaims to:
Advance equity by upholding critical protections for disadvantaged and high-need students.
Require—for the first time—that all students in America be taught to high academic standards that will prepare them to succeed in college and… Continue
Added by Debbie Wooleyhand on January 5, 2016 at 6:23am — No Comments
Reading and phonics are the same thing
Anybody still confused about why we're having so much trouble with reading should look at this short article.
It explains why reading and phonics should be considered interchangeable terms.
You cannot teach a phonetic language without phonics. Phonic, phonics, and phonetic are equivalent derivatives from the Greek word for sound. That's the beginning and…
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Using Students’ “Daily News” Stories in Primary-Grade ELL Classes
Using Students’ “Daily News” Stories in Primary-Grade ELL Classes
In this article in The Reading Teacher, University of Wyoming/Laramie researcher Patrick Manyak describes “Daily News”, a literacy activity he observed in two California English-immersion grade 1 and 2 classrooms. This was one of a number of balanced literacy strategies used by these two teachers. Here’s how this 15-minute activity…
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Planning Family Conferences for Kindergarten
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Are We Surrendering Too Easily to Digital Distractions?
Are We Surrendering Too Easily to Digital Distractions?
In this article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Frank Furedi (University of Kent, England) says many U.S. college professors believe that digital devices have made today’s students so distracted, fragmented, and unfocused that they can’t be expected to read books all the way through. Sadly, he says, “reading is not seen as a cause worth fighting…
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Do First Amendment Rights Apply to Students in School? Interview with Damon Krane via Peter Gray
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Teacher involvement key to 1:1 device success
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Is the Drive for Success Making Our Children Sick? By VICKI ABELESJAN
Added by Michael Keany on January 4, 2016 at 10:46am — No Comments
From Problem Solver to Innovator: Is the Answer to Disconnect?
In a business that calls for its leaders and teachers to be problem solvers all of the time, it seems that staying on task and doing what needs to be done may not lead to anything more than solving the problem at hand. Since we hold the work close and it is always somewhere in our thinking, allowing attention to disconnect, may just be the route to more innovative solutions. Then, disconnecting creates the space for attention to other things; allowing the mind to wander into new places…
ContinueAdded by Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers on January 3, 2016 at 6:54am — No Comments
Why Your Students Forgot Everything On Your PowerPoint Slides by Mary Jo Madda
Added by Michael Keany on January 2, 2016 at 9:50am — No Comments
Improving Instruction in a Digital World by Eric Sheninger
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6 WAYS TO MOTIVATE TEACHERS: BE THE HOPE by Vicki Davis
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Memo to Teachers’ Unions: Now Might Be a Good Time to Start Panicking by Joshua Dunn
Added by Michael Keany on January 1, 2016 at 12:07pm — No Comments
History PowerPoint Presentations for Teachers by Tom Richey
History PowerPoint Presentations for Teachers |
by Tom Richey…
Added by Michael Keany on January 1, 2016 at 11:58am — No Comments
The Best Places To Get The “Same” Text Written For Different “Levels” by Larry Ferlazzo
Added by Michael Keany on January 1, 2016 at 11:53am — No Comments
Five Lessons Learned in 2015 by Tricia Ebner
Five Lessons Learned in 2015
Posted by Tricia Ebner on Wednesday, 12/30/2015
Center for Teacher Quality
This week marks the end of one year and the beginning of another. As a teacher, this point is a secondary point for me; my “true new year” usually begins in August. Still,…
Added by Michael Keany on January 1, 2016 at 9:19am — No Comments
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