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Value-Added Schools

A Principal's Reflections

There is a great deal of research and evidence out there that pretty much debunks the claims of many in the world of education reform that accountability systems based solely on student achievement data have any merit. No, this is not a post about value-added evaluation practices. I believe that ship has sailed.

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Why Teacher Self-Care Matters and How to Practice Self-Care in Your School

Waterford

Because teaching is such an intensive job, educators can greatly benefit from learning about and practicing self-care. Read on to discover what self-care is, why it’s important for educators, and how to bring it into your daily life as well as into your school. Public Health, 123(11), November 2009, pp. What is Self-Care?

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An After-School Education Program Aims to Diversify the Tech Industry

Edsurge

More than 90 percent of Code Next’s latest cohort of high school graduates advanced to higher education, the vast majority in STEM fields, according to a Code Next survey. It’s significant progress toward the goal of connecting more young people with educational and career opportunities in technology. “We Who Isn’t Being Served?

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David, Goliath, and the Future of the U.S. K-12 OER Movement

Doug Levin

K-12 education system by open educational resources (OER) since 2009, although my first exposure to the ideas and leaders of the movement stretch back to the launch of the MIT OpenCourseWare initiative. K-12 education. I’ve been engaged in thinking deeply about the promise and opportunity afforded the U.S.

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As More Children Show Symptoms of Trauma, Head Start Programs Expand Support Services

Edsurge

She recalls that when she got the job in 2011 as director of early childhood programs for the Butler County Educational Service Center, which encompasses Butler and Preble counties, “It was usually a couple of classrooms that we’d be like, ‘Whoa, this is really chaotic.’ I would get that call maybe two or three times a year.”

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Waterford Gets $20M+ Grant for Online Preschool. Its Critics Are Not Happy.

Edsurge

In the world of education, some debates rage eternal. Other funded projects focus on ocean conservation, boosting girls’ education in rural India and combating child exploitation on the internet—the latter made to the Ashton Kutcher-founded nonprofit Thorn. How much testing is too much?

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Some schools cut paths to calculus in the name of equity. One group takes the opposite approach

The Hechinger Report

Founded at Brookline High near Boston in 2009, the group now works with roughly 1,000 students from 14 nearby districts beginning in the summer after seventh grade to help them complete advanced math classes like calculus before they finish high school. “One Our free biweekly newsletter consults critical voices on innovation in education.

Groups 145