Tag: blended learning
Staying “Connected” in October
News, Policy and Practice, Student-Centered Learning
October 4th, 2013
October is Connected Educator Month—celebrating educators who leverage online communities of practice to ‘connect’ around improving teacher and leader effectiveness and enhancing student learning. Today, more than ever, educators can connect, lead, learn, and master their practice through sites like TeacherTube.com and teachingchannel.org...VIEW ARTICLE
August 2, 2013
News, Policy and Practice, Student-Centered Learning
August 2nd, 2013
Local News The News Journal Delaware teachers are fully supporting Common Core As students prepare to return to school later this month, teachers also are readying for the new academic year. And this year, they are entering their classrooms with an important tool: clearer, more rigorous and more focused standards for mathematics and English...VIEW ARTICLE
June 25, 2013
June 25th, 2013
Local News The Cape Gazette Cape school board debates Common Core A discussion of Common Core standards brought out supporters and opponents of the concept during a recent Cape Henlopen school board meeting. Whitney Neal, director of grassroots for FreedomWorks Inc. in Washington, D.C., gave a PowerPoint presentation on the creation of the...VIEW ARTICLE
June 20, 2013
News, Policy and Practice, Student-Centered Learning
June 20th, 2013
Local News WDEL Prestige Academy grads head to state's top high schools Eighth graders walk down the aisle to get their diplomas for the second time in Prestige Academy's history--with many students moving on to some of the best high schools in the state. A growing Prestige Academy in Wilmington sees its second graduating class. This year’s...VIEW ARTICLE