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6 ways to improve PD in STEM for every grade level

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Yet, at the elementary school level, many teachers haven’t had any specialized education or training in science, leaving them at a loss for PD in STEM. High-quality instruction in STEM requires both teaching expertise and content knowledge.

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Data really is the secret sauce in the K-12 classroom

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This is especially true with literacy, where it’s all too easy to lose track of student progress and performance as students make their way through elementary and middle school. We had growth data in every elementary school like we’ve never seen before. A reading program that everyone loves.

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Students Step up to Lead Tech Implementation at Their Elementary School

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Maggie is a fifth grader at Roosevelt Elementary School in Park Ridge, Illinois and in Fall 2017, she was trained to become a “TechXpert” at her school so she could coach fellow students daily during the tech lab at the LRC. What would tech lab look like when the dedicated set of student helpers moved on to the middle school?

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Why we love our reading software

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Christina Sorenson, language arts resource teacher, Henry Middle School, Cedar Park, Texas. “I Michael Kimberlin, third- grade teacher, Pease Elementary School, Austin, Texas. Most of our students are economically disadvantaged, and many arrive at school below grade level. On average, they made 1.8

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Buchanan County Schools See 380% Improvement in Reading with Carnegie Learning

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Our third graders take state standardized tests, and our scores used to be pretty good,” explained Connie Hibbitts, Instructional Coach for all four elementary-middle schools in the county and an educator with 34 years of experience. After just a few months in, students’ hard work started paying off. That’s major.

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Science achievement gaps begin as early as kindergarten

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The report cites prior research noting that children’s kindergarten math and reading achievement is strongly predictive of their achievement in elementary school, and the achievement gaps begin very early. “If Department of Education. Material from a press release was used in this report.

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53 back-to-school tips and insights for a great year

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It is important to get students exposed to coding and robotics early so it will be natural to them once they get to middle school and beyond. Melissa Bradex, District Instructional Technology Specialist, Wasco Union Elementary School District , Wasco, CA There are both exciting opportunities and some worries in math education.

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