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10 Strategies to Strengthen Instruction and Learning

A Principal's Reflections

These consisted of sound classroom management, listing the learning objectives, and developing a lesson plan. When it came to the lesson plan piece, many of my colleagues and I in the Northeastern United States were educated in the Instructional Theory Into Practice Model (ITIP) developed by Madeline Hunter.

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3 global early ed trends to watch this year

The Hechinger Report

These include writing culturally relevant lesson plans, automating report cards and helping translate communication with parents. In 2018, for example, Saudi Arabia published a new curriculum for its early childhood programs, written in partnership with Americas National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).

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Student seeks to create the ‘Netflix of online learning’

The Hechinger Report

According to a 2018 study by the accounting firm PwC, only 10 percent of K-12 teachers reported they “feel confident” about including high-level technology in their lesson plans. Still, research shows that digital-resource usage hasn’t reached its full potential.

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Five years after Common Core, a mysterious spike in failure rate among NY high school students

The Hechinger Report

Then, as teachers had time to develop lesson plans and adjust to new curricula, student performance began to improve. In California, scores dipped among 11th graders in the spring of 2018, four years after the introduction of Common Core aligned exams. Meanwhile, younger grades continued to post progress.

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Want to Humanize Classrooms? Take a Page From Youth Organizers.

ED Surge

We create entire units and lesson plans well before meeting them, let alone take the time to build meaningful connections with our students. They feel connected to a community and empowered to advocate for change.

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OPINION: Many teachers see social-emotional learning as the ‘missing link’ in student success

The Hechinger Report

As instructors finalize lesson plans and schools across the country head back into session, there’s been a recent and significant surge of interest in social and emotional learning (SEL) curricula at both the federal and state levels.

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PROOF POINTS: Three strikes and you’re out

The Hechinger Report

In a new study, a team of economists scrutinized all the “strikes” and “balls” shouted and signaled by Major League Baseball (MLB) umpires from 2008 to 2018. But the sport might help teachers find ways to keep kids focused. Maybe attention spans are longer in the morning and shorter in the afternoon.