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Response: It's About 'Quality, Not Quantity, of School Time' (Opinion)
"It's about quality of time, not quantity." Educators share ideas on an extended school day/year via Ed Week Teacher.
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Response: To Extend the School Day or Not? (Opinion)
Should we extend the school day or year? Read educators' responses.
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Response: To Extend the School Day or Not? (Opinion)
Should we extend the school day or year? Read educators' responses.
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Educational Resilience
Barry Saide shares stories of educational resilience in this blog post.
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6 Questions To Guide Teaching Through Learning Stations
3 Questions to Guide Teaching Through Learning Stations by Suzy Pepper Rollins
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Response: New Education Ideas Must Not Be 'Just for the Sake of Change' (Opinion)
How can we close the gap between new Ideas & implementation?
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Response: Dos & Don'ts of Implementing New Ideas in Education (Opinion)
Dos & Don'ts of Implementing New Ideas in Education
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Response: Dos & Don'ts of Implementing New Ideas in Education (Opinion)
Dos & Don'ts of Implementing New Ideas in Education
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7 Questions for a Man With His Finger on the Pulse of Teaching - School Leaders Now
Robert Marzano discusses his optimism about education’s future, how teachers overuse direct instruction, and what he expects from Betsy DeVos in this interview with School Leaders Now.
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Response: Bloom's & SOLO 'Are Not Just Colorful Posters We Hang on the Wall' (Opinion)
What are practical ways to use taxonomies like Bloom's and SOLO? Read tips from Erik Francis and more educators.
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Response: Ways to Use Learning 'Taxonomies' in the Classroom (Opinion)
What are practical ways teachers can use "taxonomies" like Bloom's and SOLO - and should we? Read educator ideas in this Education Week Teacher article.
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Response: Ways to Use Learning 'Taxonomies' in the Classroom (Opinion)
Meghan Everette, Dr. Rebecca Stobaugh, Dr. Sandra Love, Michael Fisher, Susan M. Brookhart, Howard Pitler, and Tony Frontier contribute their advice on using learning & questioning taxonomies in the classroom.
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Creating Our Most Compliant Generation Of Workers Yet
Creating Our Most Compliant Generation Of Workers Yet. "As long as we can keep these ten things from happening, the system of commerce and capitalism that we have grown to love should perpetuate existing conditions for decades to come." - Jeffrey Benson
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Response: Ways to Use Learning 'Taxonomies' in the Classroom (Opinion)
What are practical ways teachers can use "taxonomies" like Bloom's and SOLO - and should we? Read educator ideas in this Education Week Teacher article.
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Response: Math Can Be a 'Hard Sell' (Opinion)
What's the biggest challenge facing math teachers? How can teachers overcome it? Read this Education Week Teacher article for strategies.