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eSpark–Self-paced Learning for Math and Reading

Ask a Tech Teacher

Learning is aligned not just with Common Core and Next Generation Learning Standards, but with many state standards like Ohio’s Learning Standards, Michigan Academic Standards, and Illinois Learning Standards. It works with Google Classroom–now that’s exciting.

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Looking to Ditch Traditional Grades? Here’s How to Get Stakeholders On Board

Edsurge

Throughout the year, Two Rivers holds four student-led, parent-teacher conferences. Heyck-Williams says these conferences help families understand the grading system, as students sit down with the data to discuss their strengths and weaknesses. We’re doing things that are a little radical but still grounded in academic standards. .

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Curriculum Associates Sponsors the Council of the Great City Schools’ Inaugural Dr. Michael Casserly Legacy Award for Educational Courage and Justice

eSchool News

Former US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan presented the Dr. Michael Casserly Legacy Award for Educational Courage and Justice to Casserly during a virtual award ceremony at the CGCS’s Legislative/Policy Conference. In June 2021, Casserly will step aside from this role and become a strategic advisor to CGCS through 2024.

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Can ‘Sober High’ schools keep teenagers off drugs?

The Hechinger Report

Drug use, suspensions and expulsions have put many students here far behind academically. While Massachusetts high schools adhere to the relatively tough Common Core academic standards, at Independence Academy the priority is on meeting students where they are. The standard is what’s appropriate,” Mr. Kain says. “If

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Where Are Quality Instructional Materials for English Language Learners?

MindShift

Research has shown that a majority of the educators who teach English-language learners (ELLs) are creating their own instructional materials — often with little oversight — that don’t necessarily match the student’s grade level or the rigor required by state academic standards.

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How to boost math skills in the early grades

The Hechinger Report

Although Illinois adopted Common Core standards in 2010, Berwyn North, a kindergarten through eighth-grade district with 3,084 students , had not yet incorporated the standards when Ayala and her new assistant superintendent, Amy Zaher, were hired in 2012. It’s not just about teachers teaching.

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How to Boost Math Skills in the Early Grades

MindShift

Although Illinois adopted Common Core standards in 2010, Berwyn North, a kindergarten through eighth-grade district with 3,084 students , had not yet incorporated the standards when Ayala and her new assistant superintendent, Amy Zaher, were hired in 2012. It’s not just about teachers teaching.

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