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My Students Can’t Meet Academic Standards Because the School Model No Longer Fits Them

ED Surge

Grade levels and age-based grouping allow for standardized testing and standardized curriculum despite the fact that we know that our kids aren’t meant to fit a standard. Unfortunately, what is consistent is that in this model, certain students will always struggle.

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Integrate OUR Curricula into Your Kiddom Digital Platform

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This includes : grades 6–8 Math curriculum. They received excellent ratings from EdReports , a leader in evaluating textbooks and curricula for rigor, usability and alignment to academic standards. A growing body of research names curriculum as a critical factor in academic success. Reading with Relevance.

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What I Learned From My Students Who Became Teachers

ED Surge

John’s reflection on that experience showed me how much he values opportunities to empower young people to talk about the realities of the world around them, especially about events and issues that are not in our curriculum. Much of our pedagogy as history teachers emphasize and center on human experiences.

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Knowledge vs. Experience: What I’ve Learned About the Art of Teaching

STEM Education Works

I’ve found that having this kind of academic background in a hard science certainly helps me a lot when it comes to my job as a Curriculum and Outreach Specialist here at STEM Education Works. They need to ensure that academic standards are being applied correctly. I don’t mean to boast, but as someone with a Ph.D.

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Education at Home (Homeschooling) is the BEST

Chillax Science

Schooling at home offers a wide range of benefits, such as the ability to tailor the curriculum to suit the individual needs and interests of students, control of the educational environment, and freedom to include meaningful context to learning. The curriculum is usually sequentially and focuses on grammar, dialectic, and rhetoric.

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eSpark–Self-paced Learning for Math and Reading

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Learning is aligned not just with Common Core and Next Generation Learning Standards, but with many state standards like Ohio’s Learning Standards, Michigan Academic Standards, and Illinois Learning Standards. It works with Google Classroom–now that’s exciting.

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How to Teach the Human Body and 16 Sites to Help

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There are also lots of teacher resources to help in using this unit such as lesson plans, training, and academic standards met. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. BrainPOP Jr.

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