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Explicit instruction: Students need more of it

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As an assistant principal in a public school in Manhattan, I have begun to use explicit instruction more in my own teaching and have focused on explicit instruction in my professional development with the history and physical education teachers I supervise. My daughter in high school needs explicit instruction.

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5 models that prioritize learner-centered education

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When students reach high school, research shows that close to 66 percent of students are disengaged. But even students who do successfully navigate their schooling emerge with only a specific (and often narrow) skillset that may or may not match their strengths or interests.

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The New Librarian: How to lead a tech-integration revolution

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Presently, I’m a school librarian at North High School in Downers Grove, Ill., where I have the good fortune to be one of three full-time librarians in a school that serves 2,200 students. Use your “librarian reference interview” skills to listen, ask questions, and offer suggestions.

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When It Comes to Picking Edtech, Are Schools Listening to Teachers?

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For both questions, as it turns out, it depends on who you ask. Joseph South, chief learning officer for the International Society for Technology in Education Striking a Balance So how should districts weave teachers into the edtech process? Take physical education, for instance.

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How Online Learning Research Can Improve Remote Instruction

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At a time when millions of educators have been thrown into remote learning with no formal training, any answer to that question might seem too good to be true. Another untapped source of quality information about online teaching often comes from those that have been doing it for over a decade—namely state virtual schools.

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Systemic Change Means Rethinking College and Career Prep. We’ve Done It Before.

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While content standards are generally written across grades K-12, career education is typically considered only a high school endeavor. As a result, career education is not woven into the fabric of K-12 education, often leaving younger students to ask the age old question, “Why am I learning this?”

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Double Shift: 6 Stories of Teachers With Side Hustles

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Role : High school biology teacher Location : Berlin, Maryland Salary : $71,000 Years teaching : 11 Second job : Co-owner of Buzz Meadery Megan Hines holds a glass of honey wine at Buzz Meadery, which she owns with her husband, a fellow teacher. I don’t think people question it,” Hines says. Megan Hines. Reaghan Murphy.

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