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Effectively incorporating technology with English learners
Erick Herrmann EducationAs the school year comes to a close for students across the United States, some districts are planning and purchasing technology to incorporate into instruction. Purchases may include new devices for teachers such as interactive whiteboards, tablets or computers, as well as devices for students such as computer carts, tablets or other devices.
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18 ways to advocate for your child with learning disabilities
Howard Margolis EducationWith summer vacation here, scores of IEPs are in disrepair. And many parents feel bewildered. They know they must advocate for their children, but don't know what to do and how to do it. Consequently, many act in self-defeating ways, inadvertently undermining their children's education.
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College 2.0: A new age of learning
Brian Stack EducationFor 100 years or more, America's greatest institutions of higher learning have relied on a tried-and-true recipe for success: Hire the greatest minds in our society as professors and charge students a fee to be able to learn from the lectures and stories those great minds would tell in their classrooms.
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Play: Far more than purposeless activity
Debra Josephson Abrams EducationSome whisper, some laugh and guffaw, some argue. They gesture wildly, demonstrate their ideas with their hands or drawings. From the air, from their minds, from their partners, they search for the English words they need. They are furiously engaged in play, and they have forgotten that I — the teacher — am in the room. It is just as education should be.
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Positively managing student behavior in the classroom
Savanna Flakes EducationDiscipline problems and behavior issues have always been and continue to be a leading frustration for teachers. The good news is that variables can easily be manipulated to have a positive influence on student behavior. By being proactive and purposeful in our planning, we can prevent behavior problems before they arise. By building positive relationships with students and explicitly teaching classroom routines, we can manage behavior and increase student motivation.
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Testing overkill? Students, districts push back against high‑stakes…
Cait Harrison EducationTesting season will soon draw to a close, but a whole new crop of issues is just bubbling up. A few weeks ago, all 280 juniors at Nathan Hale High School in Seattle chose not to take a Common Core-aligned standardized test because they didn't think it accurately measured their skills.
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Remembering Grant Wiggins and his impact on education
Brian Stack EducationOn the morning of May 27, shock took over the educational community with a single tweet from Grant Wiggins, written by his beloved wife Denise: "Grant Wiggins, of brilliant mind and dearest heart, died yesterday. The world has lost a true champion of learning. Carry on the work. -Denise"
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ELL writing skills: The challenges
Douglas Magrath EducationIn light of the challenges presented by the latest methodological shifts, the question of how to teach writing and composition remains. Writing is an aid to total communication, as noted in the ACTFL Standards. The early introduction of composition in ESL instruction should improve proficiency. If writing is left to the more advanced levels of instruction, the learners will miss out on the early development of this useful skill.
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The reading brain: Executive function hard at work
Linda R. Hecker EducationWhen I talk with educators across the country, they often lament that students don't read much anymore, especially in the face of ubiquitous social and multimedia distractions. Even students with intact decoding and fluency complain that reading is just too hard, not worth the effort. Why is reading such a challenge for so many?
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The future of education? Smart and personalized microschools
Bambi Majumdar EducationIt didn't take too long for the intriguing nature of microschools to capture America's attention — especially the attention of parents who are disillusioned by the education system. This new generation of parents passed through massive and far-reaching changes that technology and globalization has caused in the last two decades.
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