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Ensuring Equity for English Learners (ELs)

Catlin Tucker

Therefore, it is essential to assess their language abilities and design instruction that meets their needs. This ensures they are exposed to grade-level academic content while developing their English language skills. Equality vs. Equity: Are We Meeting ELs’ Needs?

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Tips for Effective Curriculum Development and Implementation in Private Schools

Hubbli

Align Curriculum with Standards and Assessments: Curriculum development should also involve aligning the curriculum with relevant academic standards and assessments. It is important to stay up-to-date with current standards and assessments and to integrate them into the curriculum in a meaningful way.

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A charter chain thinks it has the answer for alternative schools

The Hechinger Report

The Altus network relies on a self-paced, independent study program and a personalized, blended learning model they’ve built up over a quarter century. Students spend 80 percent of their time learning from home. Most do the majority of their work online, though some choose to learn with a standard textbook.

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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

The Hechinger Report

The district convened a series of meetings with teachers, school leaders, parents, city officials and community members to discuss what kind of educational system the community needed. Lindsay High School junior Gaby León said that other students she meets are fascinated when she tells them she’s never received a letter grade.

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Understanding ESSA: How the Every Student Succeeds Act will Change U.S. Educational Policy

eSpark

Higher standards are right. The president went on to add, "What hasn’t worked is denying teachers, schools, and states what they need to meet these goals. Furthermore, No Child Left Behind’s one-size-fits-all method of evaluating schools has been criticized as incentivizing low academic standards. Blended Learning.

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3 Tips for Easily Implementing Social-Emotional Learning – by John Gamba

ViewSonic Education

As you think about where and how to invest your SEL dollars this school year, every solution you consider should meet, at minimum, these three criteria. #1 1 Social-Emotional Learning Must be Relatable for Students. 2 Ensure SEL Curriculum is Based on Industry-Recognized Academic Standards. The research is clear.

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How to help principals do a better job? Train their bosses

The Hechinger Report

So a fundamental question is how can principals do everything they were doing before and at the same time just merely have time to observe and meet … with teachers?”. Related: How an unconventional principal used blended learning to help turn around a struggling urban school. These new tasks were added. We could be in a school.’