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Vol. 1, No. 11
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October 2008
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The
Lighter Side
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A teacher was talking to a father at parent teacher conferences...
Teacher: There is one good
thing I can say
about your son.
Father: What's that?
Teacher: With grades like
these, he couldn't
possibly be cheating.
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Quick Links
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In the Spotlight
Improving Student Achievement
The
National Center for Improving Student Learning and Achievement
in Mathematics and Science (NCISLA)
The
NCISLA was charged by the U.S. Department of Education in
1995 to build a solid research base about ways instruction can
be improved. Center researchers have worked with teachers and
diverse student populations to develop new mathematics and
science learning environments and professional development
models. They investigated:
- Student Reasoning
- Mathematics and Science instruction
- Student Assessment
- Teacher Professional Development
- School Features That Support Learning and Achievement.
The Center's work has yielded classroom-based findings about
effective instruction and new professional development models
for sustained student learning and achievement in mathematics
and science. They have hundreds of articles and
publications proving what does and does not result in higher
student achievement.
Click Here to Learn More about the NCISLA.
Virtual Round Table--
Partnering Up to Increase Student Achievement
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Practitioners' Perspectives
There is Only One Way to Improve
Student Achievement
by: Harry K. Wong
This article will help teach you why some schools have a high
student achievement rate and some don't. He shares the following
perspective, "The bottom line is that there is no way to
create good schools without good teachers. It is the
administrator who creates a good school. And it is the teacher
who creates a good classroom."
Student Achievement is a result of good class room management.
Poor class room management comes around when the "teacher
shortage," as he calls it, comes into play.
John Merrow, who does the PBS series on education, argues that
"we're misdiagnosing the problem as 'recruitment' when it's
really 'retention.' Simply put, we train teachers poorly and
then treat them badly-and so they leave in droves." So, in
actuality, districts are running off the good teachers and this
is resulting in poorer student achievement in the class room.
Learn more and also Wong's idea for how to fix this
problem by
clicking here.
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