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. Shortly after arriving in the Houston area I was contacted by Cheryl Fisher , a local CFISD elementary principal. Well, my daughter, on her own without much pressure from my wife and I, decided to attend Wells Elementary.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Jon Bergmann, author of the Mastery Learning Handbook talks about how he uses mastery learning in his chemistry and physics classrooms. Jon Bergmann is one of the pioneers of the Flipped Classroom. He is a frequent keynote speaker who challenges and inspires audiences with stories and real-life examples from his classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 31, 2023

This story also appeared in The Boston Globe Mejía and her husband, Spanish-speaking immigrants from the Dominican Republic, only later learned that Joangel, now 7, would have been an ideal candidate for one of the four elementary schools in Boston that teach students in both English and Spanish, Joangel’s first language.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

The first thing students do when they enter my classroom makes a big difference. A 2002 study found that telephones, desks, water fountain handles, microwave door handles, and computer keyboards are the most bacteria-laden culprits in our workplaces today. Remember they should also use it when they leave the classroom.

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Waterford

AUGUST 9, 2022

Creating a positive classroom experience for your students can shape the rest of their academic year. Try to organize your classroom —and your lesson plans— in advance. How to sign up for classroom or field trip volunteering opportunities. The first day of school is right around the corner!

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Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

When I taught fifth grade, a new Shapegram greeted students in our Google Classroom for their morning message every Wednesday. Learning in Hand started in 2002 as part of my classroom website. I live in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and after 12 years of self-employment, I returned to classroom teaching for the 2018-2019 school year.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

Way back in 2002, when Friendster was the biggest social network and people were gathering in Internet cafes, the State of Maine implemented the first 1:1 laptop initiative in the country. Student-centered learning and creation is not limited to the iPad classroom, but the iPad does provide features that make it a valuable tool for learning.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

In 50 elementary schools, according to officials, these students now take classes in Spanish and English with an ultimate goal of achieving academic proficiency in both languages by middle school. Approximately 95 percent of Massachusetts’ English-learning students are placed in English-only classrooms. Photo: Tara García Mathewson.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 23, 2023

Example: Before initiating a conversation about race, discuss and agree on classroom rules such as not interrupting others, using respectful language, and keeping shared information confidential. Example: Have regular classroom meetings to discuss current events related to race, diversity, and inclusion.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., the more detailed program rules, as determined by the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

A group of economists found a clever way around this problem by studying 24,000 elementary and middle school students who were diagnosed with a specific learning disability from 2006 to 2012 in New York City, the largest school district in the country. This is not the first study to attempt to calculate the benefit of special education.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2022

Another suggests that teachers might show up in classrooms, not in person, but as holograms. Patterson Elementary School in Hillsboro, Oregon. Patterson Elementary School in Hillsboro, Oregon where they are fifth graders. The six students are chatting in an empty classroom at Belmont.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 18, 2023

After scouring research articles and relying on years of classroom observation, I’ve curated a selection of definitions that offer a panoramic view of this crucial concept. From my own classroom experiences, I can vouch that some kids do struggle mightily in this area, and it’s not a simple hurdle to overcome. link] Juel.

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techlearning

JUNE 27, 2018

The new STEAM bundles are being shown in Acer (2002) and Wonder Workshop’s (5418) booths this week at ISTE 2018 in Chicago at McCormick Place West Building. The new STEAM bundles are being shown in Acer (2002) and Wonder Workshop’s (5418) booths this week at ISTE 2018 in Chicago at McCormick Place West Building.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 7, 2018

Founded in 2002 by graduates of the Yale School of Management, Veritas Prep offers live classroom prep courses, interactive online courses, on-demand classes, and private SAT tutoring sessions. USATestprep is standards-aligned teacher-directed test preparation for elementary through high school. See my full review here.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

What’s needed, according to experts, is a focus on media literacy education in classrooms—starting as early as third or fourth grade. “We We’re teaching web credibility as if it’s 2002,” he said. Calling BS, the University of Washington course, tries to address the difficulties of incorporating such lessons into the classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

A Smile is the Teacher’s Game Face This summer, I met Rob Brown , elementary school principal at Southside Christian School in South Carolina. Rob Brown, Elementary School Principal Southside Christian School, South Carolina In brief, I realized this important fact: A teacher’s smile is a teacher’s game face. 32) Ingersoll, R.

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2021

As students return to the classroom this coming fall, concerns around safety and security are top of mind. Michele Gay and Alissa Parker founded Safe and Sound Schools in 2013, following the tragic deaths of their children at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Founded in 2002, Raptor has partnered with over 35,000 K-12 U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Dysart Unified’s preschool program for students with disabilities , which is offered at each of its elementary schools and staffed with teams of teachers, therapists and paraprofessionals, has become a model for Arizona. Some districts offer just one special education preschool classroom for the entire district, while others offer several.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Working in conjunction with the Michigan Department of Education and Emmy Award Winning Director, Allyson Rockwell, the Mason-Lake and Oceana ISDs are working on a documentary film chronicling the success in the pilot kindergarten and second grade iPad classrooms in Ludington, Michigan.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

PLCs go a step beyond professional development by providing teachers with not just skills and knowledge to improve their teaching practices but also an ongoing community that values each teacher’s experiences in their own classrooms and uses those experiences to guide teaching practices and improve student learning (Vescio et al.,

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MindShift

MAY 14, 2018

30, 2016 was a big day for Lake Canyon Elementary. Lake Canyon Elementary School ceremony assigning students to a house. Sixth-graders shepherd kindergartners from their classrooms to house meetings, and some students have been tapped to take over house planning duties from the teachers. Katie Fewell Photography).

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

elementary schools.”. Jo Boaler, author of “ Mathematical Mindsets ,” reminds us that the federal government’s 2002 No Child Left Behind Act put pressure on teachers to follow “scripted” curriculum and strict pacing guides. I went one step further to round out our unit and added other traditional literature from our classroom library.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

elementary and middle school classrooms, learning and understanding the language of mathematics can be a challenge. Kelly Urlacher started her education career as a teacher in 2002. For many of the 4.5 million English Language Learners (ELLs) in U.S. When she’s not tinkering with technology, you will find Michele running on Mt.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Meghan Groves, a teacher at Washington-Lee Elementary School, in Bristol, Virginia, leads her first graders in “closing circle,” where they talk about how their day went. But first, the kids in teacher Meghan Groves’ first-grade classroom were taking a moment to share their favorite part of the day. BRISTOL, Va. — Proof Points.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The idea behind the Muñiz Academy, named for the longtime principal of Boston’s first dual-language elementary school (the Rafael Hernandez K-8 school), was that many Hispanic students would do better in schools that support their cultural background and, with it, the Spanish language. That’s the goal, anyway.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

. — This fall, students at Enterprise Attendance Center in the small city of Brookhaven may get to draw, paint and make crafts in an elementary art class — the first the school has had in 12 years. billion on elementary and secondary education. But the opportunity comes at a cost: larger class sizes for third-graders. Not anymore.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Liam Frometa, 5, left, and Christopher Ramos, 5, right, play with their classroom’s smart board at Fun Time Early Learning Academy in Naples, Fla. Eliane Lebrun, a kindergarten teacher at Highlands Elementary, a Guadalupe Center feeder school, said the distinction becomes apparent within the first week of school.

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Philly Teacher

AUGUST 15, 2013

August 2002. I am called in November and am placed at an elementary school in Southwest Philadelphia. My role is to support classroom teachers whose classrooms have gone over the legal limit. My role is to support classroom teachers whose classrooms have gone over the legal limit. February 2009.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 24, 2021

Another pressing challenge is engagement both in and out of the classroom. During elementary school years, parent partnerships build a strong foundation for student success and future engagement opportunities (Dearing et al., Engagement strategies need to start early and be sustained. Journal of Educational Psychology, 98, 653-664.

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2022

Michele Gay and Alissa Parker founded Safe and Sound Schools in 2013, following the tragic deaths of their children at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The Boston University College of Communication compiled the interviews and data. About Safe and Sound Schools. To learn more, visit www.lightspeedsystems.com. About Raptor Technologies.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 7, 2019

The Global Leadership Summit will provide participants with the unique opportunity to: Develop the capacity to lead classrooms and educational systems that foster in students the will and the skill to tackle problems of real-world significance locally and globally. Lunch is included. More information on our featured speakers is below.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

The district relied on seven portable classrooms, and some teachers were assigned to teach in modified storage closets. In Whitmore Lake, it was a constant struggle to keep the district’s financial troubles from touching the classroom, district officials say. In the elementary school, art classes were cut.

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EdTechSandyK

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Page''s Technology-Enriched Classrooms: Effects on Students of Low Socioeconomic Status from the ISTE Journal of Research on Technology in Education (2002) and John Schacter''s The Impact of Education Technology on Student Achievement: What the Most Current Research Has to Say from the Milken Exchange on Education Technology (1999).

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MindShift

DECEMBER 22, 2016

We have to trust that allowing our students to tinker, question and invent, as early as elementary and middle school, will help them to develop positive identities that encourage a lifelong love of science, math and the creative process. Joy and laughter should be welcome in any classroom. Benefit No. 2003; Cornett 1986). Benefit No.

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Philly Teacher

AUGUST 15, 2013

August 2002. I am called in November and am placed at an elementary school in Southwest Philadelphia. My role is to support classroom teachers whose classrooms have gone over the legal limit. My role is to support classroom teachers whose classrooms have gone over the legal limit. February 2009.

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MindShift

MAY 23, 2016

I felt like they cared for me,” said Martha Hernandez, who graduated in 2002 and is now a social worker. In most Complex Instruction classrooms the majority of class time is spent with students working in groups of four on a rich task that has multiple entry points and ways it could be solved. Designing Groupwork. Smarter Together!

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