A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Michael Fullan, 2002, p. First, we offer a much-needed framework for the education of diverse learners. Second, we advocate for the development of an action plan for educating the not-so-common learners that is research-based, achievable, and reaches beyond any current educational reform initiative for school improvement.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Council for Aid to Education, Inc. CAE), a leading provider of performance-based educational assessments measuring 21 st century skills, as well as custom assessments, today announced the appointment of Stacey Sparks to senior director of content design and development.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. the ideology of Silicon Valley [into public schools].”. the ideology of Silicon Valley [into public schools].”.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 12, 2019

In this series, we take a closer look inside our new paper, “ Micro-credentials and Education Policy in the United States: Recognizing Learning and Leadership for Our Nation’s Teachers.”. see this 2002 Education Week report ). Performance assessments like the edTPA have been found to predict teaching effectiveness.

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eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2021

Casserly, Executive Director of the Council, to select an educator pursuing a graduate-level education degree to receive a $10,000 scholarship. Curriculum Associates partnered with the Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS) to sponsor the first-ever Dr. Michael Casserly Legacy Award for Educational Courage and Justice.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 7, 2018

Taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) has become a right-of-passage for high school students as they leave formal education and enter the next phase of learning. The site includes over 1200 SAT questions written by experienced educators and designed to be similar to what students will find on the real test. See my full review here.

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EmergingEdTech

MARCH 9, 2022

“Students and teachers are nearing a breaking point…” The pandemic reignited the debate over shifting away from high-stakes testing to a more balanced assessment approach that’s part of the regular instructional cycle. Why can’t we break free of high-stakes testing?

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 7, 2024

Since its development by Martin Dougiamas in 2002, Moodle has risen to become one of the top learning management systems of 2024. It enables educational and corporate institutions to create learning and training solutions for students and employees alike. Wrapping Up What is Moodle?

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MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 26, 2021

Research investigating how such fear develops suggests that a lack of motivational or cognitive support paired with a high demand for correctness from the teacher can lead to students avoiding math probably because they want to avoid showing incompetence in class (Ashcraft, 2002; Turner et al., Department of Education guidelines (Boyce et al.,

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ExcelinEd

MARCH 20, 2019

In 2002, state legislators enacted a comprehensive K-3 reading policy, and Florida was awarded the federal Reading First grant—a nationwide reading initiative, driven by the National Reading Panel report. The report concluded that explicit and systematic instruction of the “ Fab 5 ” helps kids become better readers. Florida’s Results.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

After meeting my wife in 2002, I moved to Staten Island, NY and resided there for thirteen years. As I transitioned from principal to Senior Fellow with the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE) my work began to take me all over the country and the world. Now back to my story.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

The following three sections detail the range of best practices found by researchers to be critical for ensuring educator growth and success: Effective Administrator and Teacher Leadership. 2004; Alliance for Excellent Education, 2011 ). educators, and Catherine Lewis, who conducts academic research on lesson study.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 15, 2020

Arguably one of children's most important needs is to know how well they are doing (Gardner, 2012) and this is where assessment for learning can play a key role. One MIS which was created by RM Education , enables teachers to see at a glance, not only a student's current performance, but their past progress and potential trajectory.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2018

When No Child Left Behind passed back in 2002, Congress enthusiastically proclaimed that 100 percent of American students would be proficient in reading and math by 2014. NCES has been administering the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) exam since 1969.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2020

School closures in all 50 states have sent educators and parents alike scrambling to find online learning resources to keep kids busy and productive at home. In 2002, federal education law began requiring schools to spend federal dollars on research-based products only. Video: Sarah Butrymowicz. But they are all misleading.

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More Verbs

MARCH 1, 2016

Our destination should be more than just the work we do: taking attendance, direct instruction, providing practice, reviewing and assessing work, providing feedback, etc. In the spring of 2002, eighteen regional meetings were held around Maine in support of the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI). Destination Matters.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

Right before the start of the Fall semester in 2002, Robertson learned that the 400-seat movie theater that held his Principles of Marketing class at San Francisco State University would no longer be available. Robertson notes that redesigning a curriculum using modules allows educators to build a cache of materials a little at a time.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

The detrimental effects of this “boy bias” were largest for wealthier, well-educated families. Higher Education. This study analyzed families who started having kids between 1994 and 2002 and sent them to public schools between 2002 and 2012. Their children’s performance in mathematics was also assessed.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Dell Black Friday and Year Long Education Deals. Did you know that Dell has a cost-free education discount program offered to educators and their friends and family all year long? Too much education is received passively, and Jon knows from both research and experience that students learn best when they are active participants.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

million students access its digital course materials, including those at 750 of the top 1,000 higher education institutions in North America. Fountainhead was founded in 2002 and is based in Southlake, Texas. Last year, the company ceased sales of individual assessment tools to instead offer a bundle of its products.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

Each chapter concludes with an assessment to prove employee understanding. Even with competition on the rise from online course providers that have moved beyond education and into corporate learning, Scivally sees plenty of growth opportunities in the industry, he says. Founded in 1999 and based in Deerfield Beach, Fla.,

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

As misleading news reports, misinformation and false data spread throughout the world, students of all ages need better instruction on how to assess media and data. Peter Adams, senior vice president of education, News Literacy Project. We’re teaching web credibility as if it’s 2002,” he said.

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 3, 2020

Unless there are some big changes in our educational system, we will not be able to incorporate this guidance into our schools. K12 online school was founded in 1999 as the nation’s largest full-time virtual school, providing online curricula and other educational services for students in pre-kindergarten through high school in 29 states.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2017

The only other education technology company present, out of 45 total recipients, is Agile Mind , which develops online math and science curriculum and assessments. Analytic Measures (reading assessment). Early Learning Labs (language assessment). 2016 SBIR Awardees. 3C Institute (SEL for autistic students).

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

That’s a spirit that is very much a part of 826, a network of elaborately whimsical tutoring and writing centers that Eggers helped launch in 2002. You’ve also helped start a number of education nonprofits. Have you considered writing about education, or setting up one of your novels in a school environment?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 31, 2023

BOSTON — After María Mejía’s son was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in preschool, the question of where he should go to kindergarten focused entirely on his special education needs. Bilingual special education experts say the underrepresentation of students with disabilities is more than a missed opportunity — it’s discrimination.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Pam Moran has been a leader in education reform in Virginia over the past several years as the state moved from testing to transformation. Screencastify is an essential tool for making flipped lessons, student videos and creative formative assessments. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2019

A growing movement in higher education seeks to bring “critical digital pedagogy” to college classrooms. Or, as one of our guests put it: “in some ways it's about showing [students] the Matrix code behind education, letting them see how education works.” But the idea can seem a bit abstract and, well, academic.

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The Principal of Change

JANUARY 3, 2019

Webb’s [2002] Depth of Knowledge model) than the lower ones. 2. It is a new challenge to develop educational programs that assume that all individuals, not just an elite, can become competent thinkers. (p. This is one of the biggest challenges education faces right now. Bloom’s (1956) taxonomy (or Norman L.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 30, 2019

If you’ve been in the educational field long enough, you’ve probably come across Fleming’s learning styles theory. In talking about the learning styles theory, we’re defining it here as the educational model proposed by Neil Fleming in 1984 that presents four types of learning styles.[18] What about your students?

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

So what will be the future of higher education, and how will it survive against this hostile backdrop? In May 2000, I was invited to present two keynote speeches about the role technology would play in the future of higher education. The first, undesirable form of disruption stops us from getting to where we wish to be.

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techlearning

AUGUST 29, 2018

To support these efforts, Impero Software, global specialists in remote monitoring and management software for education, announced a $2.5 education establishments with $1,250 to $25,000 toward the purchase of Impero’s online monitoring software, Impero Education Pro. Founded in 2002, Impero software is now accessed by over 1.5

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ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

One of the key things about the report is that we are asked to suggest what technologies we think will be highly influential in education in the far, medium and near terms. I want to clarify why I voted for certain things as influencing higher education in the future, but that I don’t actually endorse these things.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

Listen to Jennifer Gonzalez talk about 5 tech tools every educator should try in 2017. chief innovation officer of CUE, who has helped train 32,000 educators since he’s been there. So I’m going to take you back in my way back machine, in the year 2002; I’m minding my own business, teaching sixth grade, doing Latin roots.

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2021

The non-profit organization delivers crisis-prevention, response, and recovery programs, tools, and resources, backed by national experts, to educate all school community members, from students and parents to teachers and administrators, to law enforcement and local leaders. Founded in 2002, Raptor has partnered with over 35,000 K-12 U.S.

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Education Superhighway

JANUARY 16, 2018

With a Master’s Degree in Education in Instructional Technology, he understood both the technical nuances of school broadband and the real-life implications of classroom connectivity. ” After leaving a corporate technology management position in 2002, Girolimon wanted to put his master’s degree to work.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

As an educator, Jared Cotton has worn nearly as many hats as Dr. Seuss’s Bartholomew Cubbins—elementary math and science teacher, assistant principal, principal, district director of assessment and accountability, assistant superintendent, superintendent. Which isn’t to say that the readership of educators has been entirely forgotten.

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