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Taking K-12 education transformation from pipe dream to pipeline

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Key points: When it comes to K-12 innovation, change isn’t a consideration–it’s an imperative Students know best when it comes to transforming education Schools must embrace these 4 innovative focus areas to avoid failure For more news on K-12 transformation, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub Across the U.S.,

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How to Engage Your Students With the 12-Minute Rule and Quizzes They’re Meant to Fail

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But failure is the whole point of the exercise. Branch is known for his logical, easy-to-grasp course design, for his engaging assignments like The Armchair Anthropologist, and for the way his classes seem to fly by—which doesn’t happen by accident. Tell me about your Armchair Anthropologist assignment. Source: Course Hero.

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Cultivating Collaboration and Consistency in Grading: Applying the GRADE Strategy 

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The strategy: GRADE We both teach composition and interdisciplinary courses at a regional state university in Georgia. Many of our courses have 48 students enrolled, and writing is assigned in all classes. The writing assignments include invention work, draft work, and final versions, which all require feedback and evaluation.

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Cultivating Collaboration and Consistency in Grading: Applying the GRADE Strategy 

Faculty Focus

The strategy: GRADE We both teach composition and interdisciplinary courses at a regional state university in Georgia. Many of our courses have 48 students enrolled, and writing is assigned in all classes. The writing assignments include invention work, draft work, and final versions, which all require feedback and evaluation.

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43 back-to-school predictions for the 2024-2025 year

eSchool News

Some of these tasks might include replying to parent emails without emotional interference, creating differentiated assignments with ease and expertise, and creating interactive lesson components and higher order questions that probe thinking patterns. The excitement comes from the possibility of both success and failure.

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Why It’s Okay (and Even Great) If Your Child Says ‘I’m Bored’

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Parental Pressure We often feel guilty when our kids are bored, interpreting it as a failure to engage them. Creative Time Contracts: Set aside 30 minutes where the rule is no screens, but no assigned tasks either, just space to explore. Instant Entertainment Access to tablets, phones, and TV makes fixing boredom too easy.