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It's Not a Technology Issue

A Principal's Reflections

Students do this all the time when dictator-like policies and rules govern technology use. It is first and foremost a school culture issue, which falls on the shoulders of leaders. With any learning activity, with or without technology, effective pedagogy is key. Did you ever break any school rules that you didn't agree with?

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New Zealand has a problem with mathematics. Can a new strategy make a difference for students?

The Hechinger Report

(Reading Recovery was criticized for not providing enough explicit instruction in decoding words; New Zealand is set to end government funding of the program.) The government made a rightward shift in 2023 to the National Party, ending six years of leadership under former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who had an international profile.

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Standardized Tests Aren’t Going Anywhere. So What Do We Do?

Cult of Pedagogy

When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. The group purposefully uses language to help the public understand that drugs belong to one of two categories: those that are approved for consumption by a government agency and those that are not.

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Webinar: Strategies for Teaching American Politics in Turbulent Times

Political Science Now

Schwartz Professor of Government at Cornell University. Her research agenda focuses on political science pedagogy, campus-based civic engagement, and pop culture & politics. Roberts is the Richard J. Allison Rank is an associate professor of American Politics at SUNY Oswego. Bell and Carah Ong Whaley.

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Beyond the Classroom: Building Faculty Capacity for Success: Virtual Workshop

Political Science Now

Building faculty capacity outside the classroom includes both understanding governance processes and structures and creating cultures and conversations. He is also a member of the Chatbots, AI, Student Learning, and Education (CASTLE) Taskforce, exploring the intersection of technology and pedagogy. He holds a Ph.D.

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Mathematics test scores in some countries have been dropping for years, even as the subject grows in importance

The Hechinger Report

Finnish students’ achievements have been dropping gradually for two decades, and the trend is reflected in national evaluations, said Jenna Hiltunen, a researcher in mathematical pedagogy at the University of Jyvaskyla, who was part of the team that implemented PISA in Finland. “I Unlike the belief in some other countries, the U.S.

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Norway law decrees: Let childhood be childhood

The Hechinger Report

Just past the rusty roof of the building across the road, we could see the top of Regjeringskvartalet, a cluster of government offices, the target of that car bomb. All kindergartens are governed by the same framework and requirements, designed to protect the sanctity of the early years. That’s our ‘Capitol Hill,’” Ullmann explained.

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