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School Leadership in the Common Core Era

A Principal's Reflections

Michael Fullan, 2002, p. In our attempt to identify these youngsters, we hope to better serve them through our advocacy for a school-wide framework to support their learning needs. Pupils with special learning needs due to physical and/or mental impairments who require special assistance to meet with academic success.

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Why We Should Expand Our OER Advocacy to Commercial Publishers

Iterating Toward Openness

Effective Advocacy. In 2002, UNESCO followed those leads choosing to name the subset of open content that was useful for teaching and learning “open educational resources,” instead of a name with “free” in the title.). Learning materials sold by commercial publishers frequently include pre-existing copyrighted material (e.g.,

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From Testing to Transformational Change with Pam Moran

The CoolCatTeacher

From Testing to Triumphant Learning with Pam Moran. They flipped to one-to-one sometime around 2002. You can change the dominant pedagogy from teaching at the teaching wall to more project based work or activity based and inquiry focused learning. Listen Now. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher. Stream by clicking here.

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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). Related: English one day, Español the next: Dual-language learning expands with a South Bronx school as a model.

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

Edsurge

Yasmina Vinci, the executive director of the National Head Start Association, an advocacy and professional support organization for Head Start explains that Head Start’s mission has always been to “to give everyone in the family an education mindset.” They were willing to show me, and I was willing to learn.

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Eligible for financial aid, nearly a million students never get it

The Hechinger Report

“When these programs were designed, it was an acknowledgment that there were low-income students who had need, and of the importance of going to college,” said Carrie Warick, director of policy and advocacy at the nonpartisan National College Access Network. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Choose as many as you like.

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Positive Behavior Supports Creating Meaningful Life Options for People with ASD

Digital Promise

Consider a simple academic skill such as learning to name colors. In the end, the child will learn to name two colors, which is good, but it will not impact the life of the family very much. A support model mirrors the field of general medicine in which many chronic conditions are also not curable at present. Carr, E.G., Dunlap, G.,

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