Tag: teachers
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Four Keys to Successfully Adopting New Instructional Materials
Leading change can be quite a challenge, especially when you’re asking teachers to let go of materials and techniques they have used for most of their ... -
High-Tech Teacher in a Low-Tech Town
By Leah Shull “How are you using technology in your classroom on a daily basis?” I was recently asked that very question when speaking to a ... -
Why global education rankings don’t reveal the whole picture
Daniel Caro, University of Oxford and Jenny Lenkeit, University of Oxford Country rankings in international education tests – such as PISA and TIMSS – are often ... -
Case Study: ASB Online School
“We like VHS courses because they have a very high quality of content. VHS provides a very good range of courses. The student-teacher interaction levels are ... -
New Metrics Measure Success at Kaneland High School
Fighting the problem of tardiness by changing school culture We are a nation obsessed with numbers in education especially in core subjects which we use to ... -
Edtech’s Ideal User Interface Requires More Than Simplicity
Most discussions regarding the development of educational technology boil down to one key factor: How easy is it to use? Simplicity is often the name of ... -
Understanding Academic Language and its Connection to School Success
Carlyn Friedberg, MS, CCC-SLP, Assessment Specialist, Lexia Learning Alison Mitchell, Ph.D., NCSP, Director of Assessment, Lexia Learning Elizabeth Brooke, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Chief Education Officer, Lexia Learning ... -
How Can We Build Confident Student Writers?
By Kelly Ogan A mastery of the written word is a MUST in today’s educational settings and in the workplace beyond them. Nearly every job comes ... -
The Edvocate’s 2017 EdTech 20: A Ranking of 20 Global Edtech Influencers
*The Edvocate is pleased to produce its “Best of the Best” resource lists. These lists provide our readers with rankings for education-related blogs, twitter accounts, edtech ... -
Year-Round Schools: 10 Things That You Should Know
The United States is known for a lot of things, but a superior educational system is not one of them. Throughout most of America, schools have ...