TeachThought

AUGUST 29, 2024

Using Goal Setting and Data Tracking to Enhance Student Agency and Achievement contributed by Samantha Lopez As educators, we are often referred to as ‘data-driven decision-makers.’ Even in an upper elementary classroom, students can access their grades and keep track of their assignments. Instead of only using data, how can educators show students how to use their own data to make their own decisions about their learning?

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ED Surge

AUGUST 29, 2024

The SAT is to standardized testing what the floppy disk is to data storage. Providers of some of the most popular standardized tests are rethinking their offerings as new AI tools are challenging traditional techniques for finding out what students know — and allowing new ways to give and score tests. For instance, ETS, one of the oldest and largest players in standardized testing, is moving away from traditional college entrance exams like the SAT to focus on new approaches to measure the skill

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TeachThought

AUGUST 29, 2024

What Is Life About? The Best Quotes We Could Find by TeachThought Staff What Is Life About? The Best Quotes We Could Find “People use drugs, legal and illegal, because their lives are intolerably painful or dull. They hate their work and find no rest in their leisure. They are estranged from their families and their neighbors. It should tell us something that in healthy societies drug use is celebrative, convivial, and occasional, whereas among us it is lonely, shameful, and addictive.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 29, 2024

The post Launching Computational Thinking Routines for K-5 ELA appeared first on Digital Promise.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 29, 2024

This is an edition of our Future of Learning newsletter. Sign up today to get it delivered straight to your inbox. I’ve heard often in my reporting on rural education about the importance of school districts collaborating with one another to help more kids succeed after high school. So when my colleague Neal Morton had a chance to visit a rural alliance started by nine school districts in southwest Colorado for a recent story , I was eager to learn more.

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Edthena

AUGUST 29, 2024

Research shows that 68% of new teachers feel unprepared to address the cultural needs of their students effectively. Leveraging Edthena’s Video Coaching platform , Dr. Adrian Cortes and Dr. Bryan Carter have developed a practical, research-based framework that addresses this challenge, significantly impacting teachers’ self-awareness of culturally responsive teaching practices.

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Heinemann Blog

AUGUST 29, 2024

How does background knowledge deepen reading? How can students access that knowledge? Learn more in this excerpt from Kelly Gallagher's forthcoming title.

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TCI

AUGUST 29, 2024

Educators know that a strong classroom community is essential to student success. Building an environment where students feel connected, valued, and engaged is crucial, but knowing exactly how to do this can be challenging. While there are endless ways to build a strong community, you can begin by identifying the essential components: establishing trust, maintaining community throughout the year, and anticipating challenges.

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Life and Landscapes

AUGUST 29, 2024

THE VALUE OF A HUMAN LIFE, EVEN IF IT IS NOT YOURS To you and me, life is everything. But what value should be used by members of our House of Representatives, Senators, and the President’s regulatory agencies? And does the value go up for those with the most political access? Or only for those who make the most ruckus? In the time of pandemic, how does the government cost-effectively allocate its financial resources?

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Society for Classical Studies

AUGUST 29, 2024

‘REZ Diff’: Indigenous Perspectives CFP kskordal Thu, 08/29/2024 - 08:44 Image REZ Diff: Call for Papers At the 2024 Society for Classical Studies (SCS) annual meeting in Chicago, we held a panel on ‘Indigenous Perspectives: Ancient and Modern,’ with support from the Mountaintop Coalition. The panel explored the role of classical antiquity in the history of the Americas, focusing on the influence of ancient sources and ideologies on modern systems of oppression which have negatively affected Ind

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 29, 2024

In the APSA Public Scholarship Program, graduate students in political science produce summaries of new research in the American Political Science Review. This piece, written by Komal Preet Kaur , covers the new article by Adam Michael Auerbach, Shikhar Singh and Tariq Thachil, “Who Knows How to Govern? Procedural Knowledge in India’s Small-Town Councils.” Decentralization and devolution are fundamental pillars of political reforms of the 20th century.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 29, 2024

Lawsuits challenging the Biden administration’s Title IX rule on sex discrimination have led to judges blocking its implementation in 26 states. The new rule was also halted in schools and universities attended by children of members of Moms for Liberty, Young America’s Foundation and Female Athletes United, following lawsuits from those groups. The result is a messy legal landscape with school officials trying to figure out their obligations.

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