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In an excerpt from their upcoming book, Larry Ferlazzo and Katie Hull Sypnieski highlight student reflection as an important tool in assessing the progress of English-language learners. |
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Get a rich collection of daily warm-up exercises for grades K-3. Number Sense Routines helps all students build number sense. Dozens of classroom examples illustrate step-by-step how the routines work and how they can easily be incorporated into your current practice. Browse the entire book online! |
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PD Webinar Series: Reading the Future |
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Thursday, May 3, 4 to 5 p.m. ET
2010 National Teacher of the Year Sarah Brown Wessling will take you inside the documentation for the common core English/Language Arts standards and explain what the standards mean in practical instructional terms. Wessling will explore ways teachers can begin integrating the language arts standards into their planning and contextualizing them in relation to the specific learning needs of their own students. Get your questions answered in an extensive Q&A segment.
Register for this webinar now. View the complete series, Reading the Future: New Directions in Literacy and Language Arts Instruction. |
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Characteristics of a Good Principal
In a recent Commentary, Karin Chenoweth and Christina Theokas describe the commonalities they found among principals at successful schools. The main one? They say it's supporting teachers. Do you agree? What other characteristics make a great school leader? Join the discussion. |
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First Person
Music teacher Kevin Mixon offers tips on adopting a classroom-management style that reinforces learning goals and expectations instead of simply punishing bad behavior. (Teacher) |
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Many educators have inferred that the common core bans the practice of providing students with context and content before they read text. (Education Week) |
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A survey of K-8 teachers shows nearly half of them are incorporating digital games in lessons to engage students and personalize learning. (Education Week) |
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The state education department will unveil a new online system designed to make submitting and implementing teacher evaluation plans more efficient and transparent. (McClatchy-Tribune) |
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Commentary
With a draft of the science standards due out soon, Deanna Kuhn suggests how to make the subject more engaging to students. (Education Week) |
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TEACHING NOW |
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Education Week Teacher's editorial blog,
Teaching Now, provides the latest news, ideas, and resources for teacher leaders. Comments welcome.
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Education Week Teacher Book Club |
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Creating Opportunities for 'Other People's Children'
From May 16 to 18, acclaimed author Lisa Delpit will lead an online conversation about her new book "Multiplication Is for White People": Raising Expectations for Other People's Children and how educators can help improve learning for African-American students. Get ready for the discussion, which is sure to be an animated one, by reading this Q&A with Delpit on Education Week's BookMarks blog.
For more information on the book, see our Book Backgrounder. You can buy the book here.
Become a Teacher Book Club member to receive updates and resources on the discussion—and a chance to win a free book! |
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TEACHER BLOGS |
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Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo
In the final post of a three-part series, Larry Ferlazzo shares his own advice and a sampling of ideas that readers contributed on teaching social studies. |
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Charting My Own Course
Marilyn Rhames writes about the love-hate relationship she has with lesson planning. |
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Teacher in a Strange Land
Nancy Flanagan reflects on a school tradition held every spring: the prom. |
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The Book Whisperer
Special guest Christopher Healy discusses his new book, The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom, a middle grade adventure story. |
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Living in Dialogue
Anthony Cody asks scholar and author Alfie Kohn to share his thoughts on the common core standards. |
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Unwrapping the Gifted
Tamara Fisher provides a run-down of summer professional development opportunities for those wanting to learn more about gifted students and gifted education. |
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Teaching Ahead: A Roundtable
Our teacher-panelists expand on their ideas for facilitating and building on parent engagement in student learning. |
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Learning Forward's PD Watch
"Knowing what you know now about our field, if you had the opportunity to begin your career all over again, would you still get into education?" asks Frederick Brown of Learning Forward. |
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Upcoming Webinars |
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Tuesday, May 8, 3 to 4 p.m. ET
Content provided by Apex Learning
Join Gov. Bob Wise, the president of the Alliance for Excellent Education, and Apex Learning as we discuss how digital learning connects high school students with individualized learning experiences. This webinar will also address the three major challenges facing the nation’s education system: access to good teaching, tight budgets, and boosting student achievement.
Click here to register for this free live event. |
Monday, May 14, 3 to 4 p.m. ET
Underwriting for this webinar is made possible by a grant from the Wallace Foundation.
Efforts have sprung up nationally to professionalize out-of-school staff members, ranging from higher education certification to training by community partners. With pressure mounting on out-of-school programs to yield benefits for students, questions are arising about how much those staff members should resemble classroom teachers and what is the most appropriate professional development for them. Join two experts on the out-of-school community as they discuss the latest ideas on providing professional development for staff members.
Click here to register for this free live event. |
Wednesday, May 16, 2 to 3 p.m. ET
Sponsored by Wireless Generation
Big shifts are afoot as school districts gear up to implement the Common Core State Standards in mathematics. The new standards emphasize learning fewer concepts in greater depth and engaging students in a set of “mathematical practices.” Join math experts from two districts who share strategies and early experiences in preparing schools for the new standards.
Click here to register for this free live event. |
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State legislatures have recently passed anti-bullying laws to protect students and principals and teachers face the challenge of keeping students safe. This Spotlight offers school leaders practical tools and strategies for bullying prevention.
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