Nationally, the number of English learners continues to grow, presenting district administrators with unique challenges. Blended learning that incorporates computer-adaptive assessments and instruction can be a vital resource to meet the needs of these students and to help them become proficient in English and succeed academically. This web seminar focused on key strategies for implementing […]
We are entrusted with creating opportunities for all students to achieve their highest potential. Anyone can relate to this basic need: to be understood for our abilities, not categorized by our challenges. Let's defy the stereotypes and see students for their potential, not their inability to read; let's empower each teacher to change lives; let's […]
How do districts define and identify their special needs students? And how does that compare with the way it is done in other districts and states? Moreover, do these students receive the help they need? A new report, the first in a series by the Frontline Research and Learning Institute, sets out to answer those […]
eMPower AssessmentsÁ'¢ by Measured Progress is a college and career readiness assessment program for grades 3 through 8. It is based on current research about what students need to know and be able to do for success beyond high school. With three assessment opportunities each year, eMPower provides a cohesive system of interim assessments to […]
New math. Scary words for parents raised on long division and memorization of times tables. Even educator Paige Bergin, who had spent two years teaching fifth-grade math out of a traditional textbook, wasn't so sure when she was introduced to a new program 13 years ago. So Bergin started researching the algorithms taught in Everyday […]
As the internet and social media become entrenched in classrooms, more schools teach students how to behave responsibly online and how to gauge the credibility of the web's resources, says Pamela Roggeman, academic dean for University of Phoenix's College of Education. Still, a 2017 University of Phoenix survey of 1,000 teachers found 84 percent had […]
Crafting a strong and well-balanced social media policy requires considerable time and effort. The policy must be flexible enough to accommodate new tech trends—such as anonymous messaging apps and livestreaming—yet thorough and specific enough to address a multitude of potentially troublesome scenarios involving students, faculty and staff. When a few students at Eudora High School […]
Big city districts are taking the lead in funding pre-K programs as states work more slowly to expand access. "While states continue to make progress in expanding access to early education, cities have increasingly taken it upon themselves to supplement those resources with local contributions" says Albert Wat, senior policy director at the Alliance for […]
Verona Public Schools is dedicated to cultivating learning environments that nurture the natural curiosity of children. As Albert Einstein said, "Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think." A year after we launched our pilot program in inquiry-based science, feedback from surveys shows a higher level of student […]
Dyslexia is not correlated with intelligence, says Richard Wagner, associate director of the Florida Center for Reading Research and a professor of psychology at Florida State University. "If you're reading at a level at which you do everything else, it's probably not dyslexia," Wagner says. "If you're reading below the level at which you do […]
