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District says 24 credits and a D-minus average aren’t good enough

The Hechinger Report

Related: Personalized learning and Common Core: Mortal enemies? Windsor Locks parents routinely refer to these communication and self-advocacy skills in describing the impact of the model, which ties into a more systemic shift in the district. Instead of just saying, ‘Mr. So and So told me that, so that’s got to be right.’ ”.

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Inside Tips for Successfully Implementing Online Assessments

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During her administrative tenure, Dr. Removcik has led professional development trainings on several state initiatives including Common Core Standards, educator effectiveness, and data analysis. Having substantial experience in curriculum design, Dr. Removcik oversees the district’s K-12 curricular and assessment programming.

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The 4-Letter Word You Need to Know—and How Teachers and Administrators Can Embrace Data Literacy

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He was named Maryland State Teacher of the Year in 2012. Brennan McMahon Parton, Data Quality Campaign ’s associate director of state policy and advocacy, recently spoke with him about data literacy for teachers. Josh Parker is an instructional coach at District of Columbia Public Schools.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

The report is always a big deal in technology circles – “a tech industry event in its own right,” as Wired’s Steven Levy put it in 2012 – and many publications and pundits dutifully cover Meeker’s observations, often adding very little analysis of their own.

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Who is the new U.S. Education Secretary, Miguel Cardona?

The Hechinger Report

In between those two jobs, Cardona had the distinction of being the youngest principal in the state at age 28, was named principal of the year in 2012, and served as co-chairman of the Legislative Achievement Gap Task Force. You know when we talk about preparing students for the jobs of the future, it’s critical thinking, it’s self-advocacy.

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Former Trump commissioner blasts DOGE education data cuts

The Hechinger Report

Woodworth is especially concerned about the cancellation of a widely used dataset called the Common Core of Data, which includes figures on student enrollment by grade, gender, income, race and ethnicity and geography. That could mean a loss of expertise and institutional knowledge in how to collect the nations school data.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I It was an elaborate scam, dating back to 2012, but one that gave out many online signals that the school was “real.”

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