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Increasing achievement and saving time by selecting the right assessment and instruction tools

Adam Galvan | April 30, 2015

With many assessment mandates rolled out by Ohio in recent years, the 6,000-student Plain Local School District ended up in a challenging situation. “Like others in the state, each time a mandate came out, we fulfilled it with a new assessment,” says Cassandra Sponseller, Director of Teaching and Learning and Director of Gifted Programs for […]

The latest in school library technology

Adam Galvan | April 20, 2015

Providing students with the right academic resources is crucial to their success. Whether it's finding printed books, e-books or other research materials, new software can help librarians organize materials and make them easy to find. The software also gives students access to these materials on phones, tablets and other mobile devices. Destiny Library Manager Follett […]

How schools break the grip of poverty

March 25, 2015

Meriden, Connecticut, is a struggling, former industrial city, once known for its silver manufacturing, lamp producers, military product development, and automotive component assembly plants. We were both born there, to parents who had little more than each other and a dream for their children. We were poor. We were the statistic. Yet, just as we […]

Blended learning: How the nation's capital is reinventing its classrooms for the future

Adam Galvan | March 09, 2015

When the District of Columbia Public Schools’ Chancellor Kaya Henderson announced in 2012 the launch of an ambitious plan to transform our schools, we were all very excited, albeit a little nervous. But the plan to invest in struggling schools, and focus significant resources and attention to raise proficiency rates across the district, made our […]

Latest curricula and products in math education

Adam Galvan | February 23, 2015

No matter the grade or skill level, the newest mathematics tools and programs aim to make learning various math concepts an adventure. Being adaptive, engaging and fun, products try to meet the needs of individual students while aligning with the Common Core and other state standards. Here are some of the latest math tools in […]

Schools enter age of student IT

February 23, 2015

A cadre of students trained in IT support are providing teachers with Johnny-on-the-spot resources and bolstering the responsiveness of districts' lean tech staffs for routine requests. The eager students provide districts with an inexpensive and much-needed tech resource; and the students gain experience, new skills, and confidence, districts say. On any given day, teachers are […]

Think like a mathematician

Christy Honeycutt and Mitul Modi | February 22, 2015

Teach students math procedures if you want them to solve equations. Instill a deep conceptual understanding of mathematics and get them thinking like mathematicians, and you've prepared your students to meet the challenges of the 21st century. That's a message presenters will send at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics conference, which will be […]

Lack of rigor explains Easy A's

Adam Galvan | February 22, 2015

Are teacher prep programs giving out A's and honors distinctions too easily? That these programs tend to be relatively easy is something many have long suspected. The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) recently documented this phenomenon in a study, "Training Our Future Teachers: Easy A's and What's Behind Them." This research examined the proportion […]

"Vision" and other reading picks for district leaders

Adam Galvan | February 12, 2015

Vision: The First Critical Step in Developing a Strategy for Educational Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Authors Darryl Vidal and Michael Casey provide administrators with a structured methodology for developing an educational technology vision that benefits all stakeholders and supports school and district strategic plans. This book discusses technology in a non-technical manner, and addresses […]

Ed group wants to halt high-stakes testing for evaluations

Adam Galvan | February 08, 2015

Education advocacy group ASCD is calling for a two-year moratorium on using standardized test results for teacher or school evaluations. The move represents a growing push nationally to cut back on testing and limit its use as an accountability measure because it may not accurately reflect a teacher's classroom performance. "We're not saying Á¢†˜Don't test,' […]

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