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The New Flavor of Math Instruction (11/19 03:10 pm)
Student-Motivation Methods to Avoid (11/19 12:48 pm)
Are Teacher Sick Days 'Overused'? (11/18 11:20 pm)
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Common Core
Common Standards Drive New Approaches to Reading
Schools nationwide are revamping reading instruction, involving more disciplines and tilting toward nonfiction, among other changes. (November 13, 2012)
Teaching Ahead: A Roundtable
Teachers' Advice for President Obama in His Second Term
President Obama's administration, which has had a sometimes-strained relationship with teachers, will face a host of K-12 education priorities in his second term of office. We asked our teacher-panelists what advice they would give him on improving conditions for teaching and learning in today's schools. (November 13, 2012)
Teacher Leaders Network
Optimizing Young Readers' Brains: Lessons from Neuroscience
(November 14, 2012)
Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo
Celebrating Our Students' Good Writing
(November 18, 2012)
View From the Bronx
Classroom Management Issues
(November 14, 2012)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Learning Forward's PD Watch
Blended PD Emphasizes Differentiated Instruction
New models for ed-tech training are moving away from a historical emphasis on developing technical skills and toward a broader focus on what educational approaches work best. (October 23, 2012)
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Teacher Blogs
Follow-Up: Partnering Up on Education Policy (11/19 05:19 pm)
Classroom Management Issues (11/15 09:58 am)
A Cerebral Climb Avoids a Fiscal Cliff (11/17 02:00 pm)
Florida School Closures: Why Are High Poverty Schools Under the Gun? (11/19 10:36 am)
Response: Celebrating our Students' Good Writing (11/18 01:20 pm)
When Coaches Are Stretched Too Thin (11/01 10:54 am)
Raise Scores With Teacher Prep, Not Test Prep (10/29 07:26 am)
Kiss My Grit (11/12 09:29 pm)
National Gifted Education Convention, Day 3 (11/17 09:31 am)
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SPECIAL REPORTS/RESEARCH
Diplomas Count 2012: Trailing Behind, Moving Forward: Latino Students in U.S. Schools
While high school graduation rates are rising for the nation's 12.1 million Hispanic students, they still have a long way to go, according to Education Week's Diplomas Count 2012. (June 1, 2012)
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