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Turning ‘Google Maps for Education’ From Metaphor to Reality

Edsurge

The existing standards for this kind of data were like a Babylon of different languages, understood only in their own domain (such as medical training, human resources, K-12 or postsecondary). The IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC) plans to update its existing standards based on this work. K-12 learners.

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How to help principals do a better job? Train their bosses

The Hechinger Report

So, in districts like Oakland and Los Angeles, consultants have been brought in to train superintendents or other district administrators in the hope that training will trickle down to improve principals, teachers, and ultimately, students. Training the trainers. Photo: Jackie Mader. That doesn’t equate to results.

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OPINION: New leadership at the top should mean big changes for English language learners

The Hechinger Report

One included academic standards for my state. The other was filled with the English language development (ELD) standards. My job was to ensure that my students, all of whom were categorized as English learners (ELs), met these grade-level and proficiency standards by the end of the year.

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In 2019, What’s REALLY the Definition of a Teacher?

EdNews Daily

They deliver specific chunks of knowledge that are outlined by academic standards and required by school policy in the curriculum, not random tangents of knowledge. It’s librarians that are supposed to curate and guide further studies and deeper dives or sideways jumps to secondary topics.

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Not enough students have mentors, and we must change that

The Hechinger Report

Primary and secondary schools have prioritized college preparation since the federal No Child Left Behind Act was passed in 2001, when states demanded K-12 schools adhere to rigid academic standards.

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Can Individual Tests Really Measure Collaboration?

Edsurge

To infuse both real-world scenarios and academic standards into the new exams, as well as topics like leadership that college admissions reps would care about. Such approaches take training, resources and time, in addition to buy-in from districts, states and educators. Their goal?

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How a dropout factory raised its graduation rate from 53 percent to 75 percent in three years

The Hechinger Report

Talent Development Secondary, a nonprofit that grew out of a Johns Hopkins University study on dropout rates, is the data-driven arm of the Diplomas Now model; it identifies kids at risk of dropping out and establishes a schoolwide process of intervention and support services to keep them on track to graduate.

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