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School Leadership in the Common Core Era

A Principal's Reflections

Michael Fullan, 2002, p. It appears that much of the focus for improvement has been on creating rigorous classroom instruction to increase student achievement measured by the highly contested standardized tests. Leaders who have deeper and more lasting impact provide more comprehensive leadership than focusing just on higher standards.

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How can being bilingual be an asset for white students and a deficit for immigrants?

The Hechinger Report

A 2002 ballot initiative, supported by 61 percent of voters, made English-only instruction mandatory for students who need to learn the language (unless they get a special waiver). Approximately 95 percent of Massachusetts’ English-learning students are placed in English-only classrooms. Both feature instruction in two languages.

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Here’s How Head Start Parents Are Building Careers As Early Childhood Educators

Edsurge

She oversees curriculum development, professional development and new staff training for 69 classrooms. But her view changed when her son’s teachers invited her into the classroom as a volunteer and encouraged her to apply to be a substitute teacher. Fredrick’s journey isn’t all that unusual.

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Positive Behavior Supports Creating Meaningful Life Options for People with ASD

Digital Promise

For this reason, intervention plans must be designed that are user-friendly and sensitive to the values, time constraints and personal characteristics of all members of the family system (Lucyshyn, Dunlap, & Albin, 2002). Classroom intervention for illness-related problem behavior in children with developmental disabilities.

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The quest for ‘embodied equity’ on college campuses focuses on neurodivergent students

The Hechinger Report

According to the course description, topics include executive functioning and time management; social cognition, context awareness and how to take on the perspective of another person; communication and relationship skills, and self-advocacy. In 2020, an estimated 1 in 36 eight-year-olds had an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis.

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Impero Software Announces New Version of its Flagship Product ? Impero Education Pro ? at ISTE 2018

techlearning

Chicago, June 24, 2018 – Impero Software, a leading provider of classroom management, network and online safety software to schools today announced the latest version of its award-winning product, Impero Education Pro V7. It partnered with advocacy organizations to produce white papers at the 2017 and 2016 Digital Citizenship Summits.

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Impero Education Pro v6.3 wins Tech & Learning TCEA Best of Show Award

techlearning

Impero, a leading provider of classroom management, network management and online safety software to schools, showcased the newest version of Education Pro (v6.3) It also provides classroom management and anonymous reporting features, as well as tools to help schools and IT departments manage multiple devices. Impero Education Pro v6.3