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Quality performance assessments are trending in New Hampshire
Brian Stack EducationIn a meeting at a highly-effective school near you, a group of math teachers are working as a professional learning community (PLC) to analyze their students' work on a recent performance assessment in their Algebra 1 classes. Through their conversations and dialogue, they are attempting to use a commonly developed rubric to score the student work.
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Focus and growth on nutritious snacks for children
Bambi Majumdar Food & Beverage“Smart Snacks in Schools,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new regulation, has found a stronger advocate. First lady Michelle Obama has just announced the “school wellness standards,” which will determine healthier food availability in school cafeterias as well as establish stringent marketing regulations that will curb all junk food propaganda in and around schools.
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Academic conversation develops deep comprehension: Specific procedures…
David Irwin EducationAcademic conversation is a strategy that increases student engagement and comprehension in content topics. It is ideal for English learners because it gives them a safe environment to practice academic English with a peer who has more mastery. In the third part of this three-part series, we’ll discuss specific procedures as well as an assessment of the entire conversation.
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Teaching evaluation systems – Making education more effective
Bambi Majumdar EducationTraining and education are the foundations for teachers' careers in their initial years. Their success and effective contribution to future generations happen only through a process of continuous improvement, which is through upgrades to their knowledge, enhanced teaching aids and objective feedback for their performance.
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Academic conversation develops deep comprehension: Using the skills
David Irwin EducationAcademic conversation is a strategy that increases student engagement and comprehension in content topics. Once the content has been delivered, students need skills on how to actually hold the conversation.
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How project-based learning is transforming classrooms
Brian Stack EducationAt many schools around the country, project-based learning is transforming classrooms by creating student-centered environments where teachers can act as facilitators of learning, coaching students as they use critical thinking, problem-solving and inquiry to make sense of their world.
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How can we address racial disparities in science and medicine?
Dr. Chloe Poston Healthcare AdministrationSTEM — the acronym used to describe science, technology, engineering and math — is used by policymakers, universities and private foundations to allocate funding to support the sciences. If we consider medicine to fall under "science" in the STEM categories, then why aren't the racial disparities in medical school enrollment and completion a part of the regular STEM discussion?
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Academic conversation develops deep comprehension: Getting started
David Irwin EducationAcademic conversation is a strategy that increases student engagement and comprehension in content topics. It is ideal for English learners because it gives them a safe environment to practice academic English with a peer who has more mastery.
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BYOD: A growing trend in the classroom
Bambi Majumdar EducationThe concept of "bring your own device," or BYOD, started in the corporate sector about 10 years ago. Companies started noticing the trend of employees preferring to use their own laptops and phones for work purposes. Like all good ideas, it did not take long for the BYOD trend to move on and filter into other areas like education.
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The importance of guided practice in the classroom
Erick Herrmann EducationThere is an old saying we are all familiar with: Practice makes perfect. In the classroom, students must practice the skills we are teaching for it to become internalized. It is important for us as educators, then, to not only provide opportunities for students to practice, but to practice correctly.
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