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This week, May 8–12, is Teacher Appreciation Week. We love Teacher Appreciation Week, but really, we feel it should be every week. Educators give us so much. They listen to our problems, our ideas, and our random thoughts.
A definition As I have previously discussed, one of the most useful definitions of personalized learning comes from the U.S. Department of Education. It reads as follows: Personalized learning refers to instruction [...]
The main purpose of a score on any type of assessment is to convey information about students’ performance. Educators, parents, and students all want to know whether a student’s score represents a strong performance or is cause for concern. But, [...]
“To have a great idea, have a lot of them.” – Thomas A. Edison Creating a set of practical ideas begins with gathering a lot of ideas. Fortunately, ideas about blended learning are abundant—with one of [...]
A visit to San Antonio, TX San Antonio in April with 70-degree weather. This past month, over 7,000 educators from across the country converged in one place to learn new ways to get students excited about mathematics. Life could [...]
Imagine that, as an educator, you had zero insight into the skills or knowledge of your students. Now imagine that, as a student, you were unsure of your own capabilities. Clearly, it would be difficult to provide effective instruction in [...]
National Library Week For the longest time, I could not find my library card. It was one of the first things that I, like a lot of kids, got to officially use my signature on. (Honestly, I don’t [...]
Introduction A recent superintendents’ summit in the Lower Hudson Valley of New York focused on digital convergence, which brings together existing district networks, hardware, and software for greater stability and efficiency. My task at this summit was to open a [...]
FastBridge has a variety of math assessments that teachers can use to monitor student progress. For such monitoring to be effective, however, the progress measure must match the skill the student is learning in the selected intervention. FastBridge’s math [...]
Creating meaningful discourse The research is clear—complex knowledge and skills are best developed through social interaction. Discourse allows students to develop and hone their thinking in an open, supportive environment. When students share ideas, construct arguments, and listen to understand [...]