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Future of Learning
Is the End of Standards-Based Teaching Near?
As teachers are preparing for the new school year, the uncertainty of whether they will be conducting remote learning or not, is leaving many educators wondering if now is the time to rethink standards-based education.
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Leadership
What Educators Need: Building Cultures of Trust in an Era of Top-Down Educational Legislation
[…] what we know is right for students, and we can’t even ensure kids’ basic safety without risking our own lives, why would we stay? The Problem With Standards Top-down educational policy and accountability structures have long plagued the educational field. Given the role of women in the early history of formal education, and the […]
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Learner-Centered
Rigor or Vigor? What Do We Want For Our Children?
[…] healthy, well-balanced growth Intensity of action or effect Strong, healthy, full of energy Healthy physical or mental energy or power Energetic activity, force of healthy growth When reading these definitions the stark difference between these two words and their meanings is striking. The words we use shape our behaviors and actions. Is a learning […]
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Equity & Access
What is Vertical Coherence and Why Does it Matter for Equity?
[…] they lack coherent materials that could guide what students need to learn all year long. Why Does Vertical Coherence Matter? Language arts standards are integrated by design: reading complex and rigorous literary and informational texts, integrating knowledge and ideas, building foundational reading and language skills, demonstrating increasingly sophisticated writing, and developing critical speaking and […]
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Future of Learning
Returning Joy to Teaching & Learning
[…] his students won’t go on to major in American Literature, what must I do to help students appreciate and feel like they can engage in literature and reading? I want students to “see” English in their science, math, sports, history, business, etc. I want students to enjoy and be able to draw learning and/or […]
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New Pathways
Rural Places, Big Visions – a visit to Northern Cass School District
[…] be at 3 or higher to earn credit for the class (out of a 4-point scale). Even at the youngest levels, learners showed portfolios with literacy and reading progress and their growth over time. Grades and percentages are not used anywhere in the school with the exception of final translated transcripts to support higher […]
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Getting Through
Students and Equity at the Heart of School Redesign
[…] Indianapolis Public School District (IPS) team conducted a Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBLES) assessment and found that 64% of their K-3 students were below reading level. Chief Academic Officer Dr. Warren Morgan determined that literacy would need to be the top priority of the academic team, and decided to focus their […]
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Equity & Access
How Speech and Language Deficits Can Affect a Child’s Academic Success
[…] In fact, according to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), which is the professional and credentialing body for speech-language pathologists, there is a high correlation between communication problems and reading and writing. This is largely because reading and writing are language-based activities. Learning to read requires two main skills: recognizing words and comprehension. Children must be […]
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SEL & Mindset
Mind Reading With Neurofeedback: What’s Next In Wellness
[…] to reach new heights and functionality. One of the most recent additions to the at-home mental health toolkit is called neurofeedback. Neruofeedback is what is considered “mind- reading” technology, which consists of a group of sensors that will read energies/waves from your brain, monitor your brain activity, and help you get to a more […]
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EdTech
Smart Review: Texthelp Launches WriQ for Writing
[…] teachers to provide more authentic and timely feedback to students and engage them more in learning. Texthelp offers a variety of tools for helping students to improve their reading writing and math skills. Texthelp recently announced their global launch of WriQ, a cloud-based writing assessment and achievement tool. WriQ can be used across grade levels, […]
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