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Let Students Learn From Failure

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Too often, students–and teachers–believe learning comes from success when in truth, it’s as likely to be the product of failure. Here are ten ways to teach through failure: Use the Mulligan Rule. Anecdotally assess their daily efforts and let that count as much as a summative exam that judges a point in time.

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As States Make It Easier to Become a Teacher, Are They Reducing Barriers or Lowering the Bar?

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He racked up credits in education courses, inching closer to his degree, but could not, despite his every effort, seem to clinch that math exam. Latiker points out, “but he couldn’t teach elementary education because of his performance on the Praxis math exam.” We don’t need a standardized exam for that.

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How AI’s ‘Endless Well of Patience’ Can Augment What Teachers Do

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From an initial evaluation, the Squirrel AI system customizes an individualized learning plan that focuses on a student’s weaknesses and may include a variety of learning materials, such as instructional videos. That individually paced path to improvement is something traditional education can’t deliver. Source: Squirrel AI.

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?Anticipating and Addressing Challenges With Technology in Developmental Education

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This includes the provision of electronic access to the course syllabus, reading and viewing materials, assessments, the course calendar, grades, course evaluations, discussion boards, and other important course materials. Course management technology organizes and presents course structure and materials on an electronic platform.

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Get Started, Then Get Better: Prioritizing Action in a PLC

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The standard they were focused on had to do with students evaluating the impact of the people, places, events and symbols of the Greeks, Romans, Turks, Russians, etc. A reduction in the failure rate on their end-of-unit exam from a typical 15 to 20 students to just two. The results of that one activity from September?

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

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–Jessica Campos, Instructional Technology Coach, Mesquite Independent School District In the 2024 to 2025 school year, districts will be asking more questions about evidence of impact when they’re evaluating and selecting education technology solutions. The excitement comes from the possibility of both success and failure.

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The Scarlet Rating: How One ‘Improvement Required’ School Seeks a Turnaround

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However, school leaders Sarah Pedrotti and Jessica Torres are on a mission to flip the failure narrative and rebrand their school by motivating their teachers through personalized professional development. Each year students in Texas are required to take the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness exam, also known as the STAAR exam.

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