Category: Articles
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Incentives and Test-Based Accountability in Education
Incentives and Test-Based Accountability in Education.
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Tiered Instruction and Assessment « Challenge by Choice with Tiered Instruction and Assessment
THE CHALLENGE Adolescent learners vary widely in their physical, emotional, and cognitive development. For many teachers, the most challenging aspect of teaching middle school students is the constant problem solving energy required to meet their diverse needs. When diversity is at its peak, we are sometimes left feeling that short…
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Teaching Mathematics to Gifted Students in a Mixed-Ability Classroom (Reference) – TeacherVision.com
Mathematically gifted students have needs that differ in nature from those of other students. They require some differentiated instruction, defined by Tomlinson (1995) as “consistently using a variety of instructional approaches to modify content, process, and/or products in response to learning readiness and interest of academically diverse students.” Yet recent…
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What’s Wrong with the Dept of Ed and FCC’s Digital Textbook Push
On February 1, the FCC and the Department of Education unveiled a “Digital Textbook Playbook” (PDF), a guide to help K-12 schools makes the transition from printed textbooks to digital ones. According to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, the goal is to get all students in the U.S. using digital textbooks…
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The Visual Thinking Revolution is Here! | Duarte Blog
This revolution’s “tipping point” came earlier this year at the International Forum for Visual Practitioners annual conference, which drew 100 visual practitioners from across the globe. The panel I moderated with Business Models Inc. CEO Patrick van der Pijl and Doodle Revolution’s Sunni Brown kicked off the conference with an…
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What data do school boards need to assess whether high schools are successful?
Assessing high schools is as varied as the data collected on high school. The Defining a 21st Century Education report uses data from a few places that school boards should also consider using to create a more comprehensive picture of their schools’ successes, including the Program for International Student Assessment…
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NSBA: NCLB waivers are not enough « School Board News
The National School Boards Association NSBA was encouraged on Thursday by President Barack Obama’s announcement to waive problematic and burdensome regulatory requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act NCLB from ten states. However, NSBA cautions that this is not enough and is calling for Congress to reauthorize the Elementary…
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10 Benefits & 10 Concerns About the Shift to Digital Learning | Getting Smart
Rhode Island is fortunate to have Deborah Gist as commissioner, she’s a real chief for change. Gist and her team held a digital learning summit in Providence today. I had the good fortune to spend the day talking to teachers and principals about the shift to personal digital learning. They…
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It’s a Hobson’s Choice: Dollars For Defense or for Education?
… Nobody yet knows how the coming budget battles will play out and how Congress will allocate $1.2 trillion in automatic spending “sequestration” cuts that are scheduled for January 2013. But industry STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) advocates warn that expected reductions in education budgets could be detrimental to…
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