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This School Librarian Thinks Her Job Is the ‘Best-Kept Secret in Education’

ED Surge

If I'm reading a story to them, I also teach about parts of a book by way of creating citations, because when they go to high school and college, they're going to have to create a research paper that requires citations. So research skills, those foundational skills, are a part of it, and that involves parts of a book.

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Come for the computers, stay for the books

The Hechinger Report

Teaming up with Skyview’s instructional technology facilitator and early-adopting teachers, Chun frequently demonstrates new tech tools at the school’s teacher-led professional development meetings. Often, she backs up these introductions by co-teaching a class or two. “It My schedule is rarely the same two days in a row,” he said. “I

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Three Ways to Help Teachers Use Research

Digital Promise

As we talked with educators at our Research Summit and in our League of Innovative Schools , we heard a recurring theme: teachers (and innovation) thrive in a “culture of data” where research use is encouraged, and staff are given opportunities to build their research skills. Benefits of a Research Culture.

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