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The Tennessee Vocabulary Project

Sponsor: ASCD
Topics: Research
Posted: January 2010

Follow the authors' four-step process for creating and implementing a statewide vocabulary.

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Building 21st Century Skills with Project Learning

Sponsor: Oracle Education Foundation
Topics: Online learning
Posted: November 2009

In project learning, students discover the meaning of what they learn by working together to solve complex, real-world problems, rather than being taught facts from books. A growing body of evidence indicates that project learning supports the development of critical skills students must have to meet the demands of the 21st century.

In response, the Oracle Education Foundation has developed an online learning platform called ThinkQuest to extend the benefits of project learning to classrooms globally. This paper draws on a broad international research base and case studies of actual classroom projects supported by ThinkQuest to illustrate both the theory and practice of 21st century teaching and learning.

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Transform Learning with Interactive Video Communication

Sponsor: Tandberg
Topics: Distance Learning
Posted: January 2010

Video communication facilitates distance learning and helps students better grasp, understand and apply knowledge by actively participating in their own education. This special report describes how schools can use interactive video communication (IVC) to create a climate of learning that inspires and motivates students - while at the same time supporting teachers. Learn how video communication can help reshape and transform education to keep pace with today's learning environment.

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Blended Learning: Where Online and Face-to-Face Instruction Intersect for 21st Century Teaching and Learning

Sponsor: Blackboard K-12
Topic: Alternative Instruction
Posted: January 2010

Blended learning, the teaching practice that combines teaching methods from both face-to-face and online learning, is an established, rapidly growing model of instruction. It has proven highly effective in helping schools and districts address the challenges of student achievement, limited resources, and the expectations of 21st century learners.

Blended Learning: Where Online and Face-to-Face Instruction Intersect for 21st Century Teaching and Learning reviews the working definitions of blended learning, explores relevant efficacy data, recaps innovative and practical implementation models and provides profiles of several schools and districts that are experiencing success with their blended learning programs.

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The Achilles Heel of Education and How to Fix It

Sponsor: APQC Education
Topics: Education Reform, Process & Performance Management
Posted: November 2009

Improving outcomes has long been the focus of education reform efforts in the U.S., with strict emphasis on improving test scores, graduation rates, teacher quality, and low performing schools. However, the American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC) reveals that an ‘outcomes-only’ focus has created a fundamental weakness in public education. The paper explores the problem and how it is being solved through an innovative pilot program called North Star that is achieving remarkable results in leading schools across the U.S.

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Performance Measurement: Measuring What Matters Most

Sponsor: Baldrige National Quality Program
Topic: Performance Measurement
Posted: November 2009

This white paper looks at one of the most promising features of the Baldrige framework for K-12 education – an expanded idea of performance measurement focused on three questions: why should you measure, what should you measure, and how should you measure it? It also illustrates successful results some school districts have achieved.

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The Research Foundation for Successful Reader

Sponsor: Renaissance Learning
Topic: Reading Intervention
Posted: January 2010

In a time when budgets are tight, teachers are overburdened, and schools face increased pressure to show results, making the right decision on a reading intervention program has never been more critical.

This white paper explains how the Successful Reader program works, identifies what sets it apart from other intervention programs, and cites research that supports its effectiveness. A must-read for administrators, teachers, and anyone tasked with choosing an intervention program that will achieve results.

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