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Teacher Magazine: News and Information for Teacher Leaders

Teacher Magazine: News and Information for Teacher Leaders

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Education Week Local officials are crying ‘foul’ as a growing number of governors make a play for federal economic-stimulus aid for schools. Disappointing results from federally commissioned experiments are prompting questions about the studies’ designs­—and their payoff. A handful of teachers around the country have fashioned curriculum and lessons around the fast-emerging science of nanotechnology. Federal guidelines permit waivers from traditional timeline. News in Brief Report Roundup To spare individual sports from elimination, some districts are raising student fees, while others are paring back the number of games and events. Advocates are betting that the billions of dollars for programs like Head Start are just a “down payment” on future expansion. A national survey finds most high school students do not believe they are being well prepared for the technology demands of the 21st century. Private Schools Policy Brief U.S. PAGE 25 - In Perspective PAGE 28 - Commentary John M. Letters PAGE 36 - Commentary

Education Week American Education News Site of Record Big Picture Zip Code Database List - U.S. Zip Code Map Data of Zip Codes - C Current Issues in Education Current Issues in Education (CIE) is an open access peer-reviewed academic education journal sponsored by the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College of Arizona State University. This journal is produced by ASU graduate students and publishes articles on a broad range of education topics that are timely and have relevance in the field of education (pre-K, K-12, and higher education) both nationally and internationally. We seek scholarship that tackles issues facing our field at new levels and in new ways. We publish articles on topics such as curriculum and instruction, leadership and policy, social and philosophical foundations, psychology, technology, school counseling, applied practice, and research methodology in education. CIE has three goals with its published research: (1) promote scholarly thought in the field of education, (2) facilitate and heighten dialogues between educators, scholars, officials, and the public, and (3) further connections between research and policy. Announcements

Teacher Resources Tiered Math & Science Assessments Geoffrey Smith, the middle level principal at Jakarta (Indonesia) International School, is a long-time subscriber who enjoys our resources and wants to give something back. Did he ever! This website developed by JIS teacher Dave Suarez shares a tiered approach to teaching "extremely diverse" student groups. Suarez hopes other MS teachers will contribute their own ideas. Study: Understanding concepts is important to children's learning Students learn more when taught general math theories that help them understand formulas and procedures or when allowed to compare ways of solving problems, according to Vanderbilt University research. National Institutes of Health (NIH): Office of Science Education ...a large collection of lesson plans and resources specifically intended for teachers in grades K-12 Conferencing with Parents Avoid teacher burnout

Apples4theteacher.com - A Primary Website - Educational Games an American School Board Journal Professional Development ReadWriteThink couldn't publish all of this great content without literacy experts to write and review for us. If you've got lessons plans, videos, activities, or other ideas you'd like to contribute, we'd love to hear from you. More Teacher Resources by Grade Home › Professional Development Grades K – 12 | Meeting & Event 2017 NCTE Annual Convention Teaching Our Students Today, Tomorrow, Forever: Recapturing Our Voices, Our Agency, Our Mission Grades K – 8 | Strategy Guide Tracking and Supporting Student Learning with Kidwatching In this strategy guide, you’ll learn how to use kidwatching to track and support student learning. Grades 6 – 12 | Online Professional Development Using Formative Reading Assessment to Enhance Content Area Learning Go to Strategy Guides Grades 3 – 12 | Strategy Guide Using Glogster to Support Multimodal Literacy Glogster, a Web 2.0 tool, supports development of students’ multimodal literacy skills. Grades 6 – 12 | Strategy Guide Speak to Me: Teaching with Voki

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