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In speeches, interviews and a letter over the past few weeks, the governor has said that he thinks the state's teacher grading system, only in its third year, is too easy to pass, making it too difficult to fire underperforming educators.

The designation of low - scoring students as eligible for special education was more common in schools where a small number of students had failed the 8th - grade exam, making it easier for educators to target specific students.

So when these top - flight schools decide that advanced honors courses in physics and chemistry are to be given the same weight in calculating a student's official grade point average (GPA) as any other course, including cooking, check - book balancing, and make - up algebra, it becomes ever so clear — once again — that the country's progressive educators have successfully pushed back the forces of school reform.

Perrotti makes the comparison that, years ago, when we first started talking about different configurations of families or students, educators often worried about how to talk to young kids «about sex» when those kinds of discussions in schools didn't happen until at least fifth grade.

Jackson: The next step we hope will occur is for middle grades educators to use Turning Points 2000 as a guide for making needed changes in their schools.

He was lucky to have been the beneficiary of «outstanding» educators in his private K — 6 school located within the beltway of Washington, D.C., and the fact that his new school spanned grades three through 12 meant he would avoid making another transition once he reached high school.

A recent recipient of the Sanford McDonnell Award for Lifetime Achievement in Character Education, among Dr. Elias» numerous books are ASCD's Promoting Social and Emotional Learning: Guidelines for Educators, the Social Decision Making / Social Problem Solving curricula for grades k - 8, the new e-book, Emotionally Intelligent Parenting (via Kindle and Nook) and a book for young children: Talking Treasure: Stories to Help Build Emotional Intelligence and Resilience in Young Children (www.researchpress.com, 2012).

According to a new analysis highlighted in an article at Education Week, though 21 states are revising the Common Core standards or have already done so, most of the changes are minor: «Nearly 70 percent of the changes that were made in either math or language arts across all grades were simply wording or format clarifications to make the standards easier for educators or the public to understand.»

Another grave concern for educators is the academic gap that would be left by teacher assistants that are primarily tasked with making sure students read on grade level by the third grade — presumably still a significant goal for Senator Berger who was a key driver in the state's Read to Achieve legislation that mandates all third graders read on grade level or be held back from advancing to the fourth grade.

Herein lies the conundrum for educators in low - performing schools across the nation: If a student arrives in fifth grade reading like a first grader and makes three years» worth of growth, he still will not pass a grade - level state test despite major progress and clearly effective teaching.

Missy Friedman, the school's lead educator for math and a Grades 3 general studies teacher, recalls that teachers struggled some in the beginning, a common occurrence for schools making such a profound shift in their teaching approach.

ASCD's proven track record of delivering top - quality professional programs that are relevant and applicable to a variety of teaching situations makes attending the 2011 Summer Conference a must for educators across various grade levels and disciplines.

Join Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey in an engaging webinar where they examine what makes great teachers great, and share how educators at all grade levels and all levels of experience are taking intentional steps toward enhanced professional practice.

Perhaps most excitingly, we found that innovation in the hands of forward - thinking educators has the potential to make a real impact: overall, for grades 3 - 8, participation in the Pilot Network resulted in a gain of 1.07 additional test - score points above what the control group achieved on NWEA.

The design of Math Labs will allow educators to collaborate in grade - level teams to co-plan rigorous lessons, co-teach the lessons to their own students, and co-analyze the success of the lesson and make adjustments for improvement.

Working from the assumptions that every teacher of every subject can share equal responsibility for teaching and evaluating skills, educators can infuse inquiry - based learning in schools today by creating performance rubrics focused on student competencies, and by making skills - oriented growth 60 % of their grade.

Levin makes a special note that educators should engage students in all grade levels in these efforts and not limit participation to high school students.

Educators at all grade levels along with school and community librarians are committed to having students read great works of literature, and these groups often work cooperatively to make sure that these titles remain accessible.

Pearl Arredondo, a sixth grade teacher, will draw on her experience as an educator and advocate to give a talk during TED's first - ever made - for - television...

Groups of these educators may even band together in professional learn - ing communities to make data - driven decisions for their grade level or department.

The Texas Association of Secondary School Principals (TASSP) will host the second annual «Making Middle School Matter» Symposium from January 21 to 23, 2018, in Austin for middle grade administrators and educators.

Now a backlash is building among public officials and educators who question whether the cyber-schools are truly making the grade.

But research released this week argues evaluations are important in making teachers better — especially for educators working with kids from preschool to third grade.

Educators should critically reflect on their own decision - making practices as well, whether those affect a classroom, a grade level, a school, or a community.

Dr. Elias's other books include Social Decision Making Skills: A Curriculum Guide for the Elementary Grades (Author), Problem Solving / Decision Making for Social and Academic Success: A School - Based Approach (National Education Association Professional Library), Building Social Problem Solving Skills: Guidelines from a School - Based Program (Jossey - Bass), Social Decision Making and Life Skills Development: Guidelines for Middle School Educators (Aspen), Promoting Student Success Through Group Intervention (Haworth), and Social Problem Solving Interventions in the Schools (Guilford).

At the Network supported schools, Nutrition Educators visit all classrooms of a particular grade each month to work with the children to make a recipe with that month's vegetable.

Electronic gradebooks and their inherent operational functions have convinced many educators that subjectivity is a four - letter word, but as Ken O'Connor (2006) reminds us, grading is inherently subjective since it involves so many unavoidable choices made by teachers and that the subjectivity of grading is nothing teachers should apologize for.

«I don't think public shaming and giving them bad grades, or telling them they're terrible, makes them work harder,» she said of educators.

Join authors Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Stefani Arzonetti Hite for an examination of what makes great teachers great, and see how educators at all grade levels and all levels of experience are taking intentional steps toward enhanced professional practice.

In short, innovation in the hands of forward - thinking educators has the potential to make a real impact: overall, for grades 3 - 8, participation in the Pilot Network resulted in a gain of 1.07 additional test - score points above what the control group achieved on NWEA.

Currently 35 percent of an educator's evaluation is comprised of student achievement data based on student growth; • Lower the weight of student achievement growth for teachers in non-tested grades and subjects from 25 percent to 15 percent; • And make explicit local school district discretion in both the qualitative teacher evaluation model that is used for the observation portion of the evaluation as well as the specific weight student achievement growth in evaluations will play in personnel decisions made by the district.

When educators make a specialist, tutor, instructional assistant, special education teacher, or another grade level team member a co-teacher in their Seesaw class (es) they are meeting the indicators in Standard IV: Professional Culture.

Some limited restorative progress was made during the last session in the adoption of an A-F performance grading system for schools and districts tied to student achievement, but, true to form, most educators, administrators, and school boards have risen in opposition to this grading system and are working to overturn it or at least further water down its underlying standards and rigor.

This book offers educators, parents, administrators, and other school personnel in the elementary and lower middle - school grades a basic understanding of what is involved in making inclusion work.

Among Dr. Elias» books are ASCD's Promoting Social and Emotional Learning: Guidelines for Educators, the Social Decision Making / Social Problem Solving curricula for grades k - 3), The Educator's Guide to Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement: Social - Emotional Learning in the Classroom (Corwin Press, 2006), Bullying, victimization, bullying, and peer harassment: A handbook of prevention and Intervention (Taylor & Francis, 2007), Urban Dreams: Stories of Hope, Character, and Resilience (2008, Hamilton Books), and the new e-book, Emotionally Intelligent Parenting.).

A recent recipient of the Sanford McDonnell Award for Lifetime Achievement in Character Education, among Dr. Elias» numerous books are ASCD's Promoting Social and Emotional Learning: Guidelines for Educators, the Social Decision Making / Social Problem Solving curricula for grades k - 8, the new e-book, Emotionally Intelligent Parenting (via Kindle and Nook) and a book for young children: Talking Treasure: Stories to Help Build Emotional Intelligence and Resilience in Young Children (www.researchpress.com, 2012).