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Without a blue print

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Increasing Student Success at Minority-Serving Institutions: Findings from the BEAMS Project

Increasing Student Success at Minority-Serving Institutions: Findings from the BEAMS Project Del Rios, Melissa; Leegwater, Lacey Institute for Higher Education Policy This monograph details the process Building Engagement and Attainment for Minority Students (BEAMS) institutions used to craft data-driven action plans to improve student success. More than 100 four-year Historically Black, Hispanic-Serving, and Tribal colleges and universities participated in the five-year program that produced best practices available for replication by institutions across the nation. Among the key findings and practices that have emerged for successful data collection and use include: (1) align data collection methods with institutional capacity; (2) draw on available internal and external resources; (3) develop a framework to interpret data results. Certain practices have emerged during the BEAMS project that have led to short-term successes in identifying campus concerns and implementing
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take-aways to add or links to others’ blogs with their AASL 13 experiences, please share below

In students In school librarians innovation experimenting and designing in makerspaces strengthening Personal Learning Networks to share & implement ideas creativity writing & sharing blogs, stories, fan fiction, original games, web series, videos, & music expanding students’ opportunities to use digital devices through BYOT/D initiatives entrepreneurship using social media to spread messages & extend reach funding school library initiatives with grants across disciplines critical thinking recognizing and solving real problems; developing and pursuing inquiry questions; showcasing through capstone or digital portfolios strategic planning & communication for advocacy to stakeholders independent and unique contributions, processes, and learning products applying & exploring individual interests and strengths to projects & extracurricular endeavors new collaborations with classroom teachers, public librarians, & community o
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Urban Ed Girl in Person

Jessica Jimenez Ramos is Urban Ed Girl. Understanding & Discovering Urban education and the affluent Ghetto!
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Teacher gets global expsoure

Teacher gets global exposure plus increased earnings with WizIQ in Share 13 Sunita Kadian chooses WizIQ for its  complete   course management tools , along with the WizIQ  Virtual Classroom .  She teaches live English classes and other courses  on WizIQ. In the first two years, she has gained global exposure and increases earnings by almost 100% with WizIQ. Students from around the globe attend her two ongoing courses, without the need to travel or commute.
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Mobile Learningi in Education and MOOC's and video games

Many companies today are getting into mobile learning, but so are grade  schools . It is only natural since students are often engaging with  mobile devices  outside of the classroom anyhow. Grunwald Associates LLC recently conducted a survey on mobile learning in the K-12 space. In this survey of 2,392 parents, they gathered metrics regarding current mobile use, expectations, and impact on students. This particular study defined mobile devices as “wireless handheld devices that use wi-fi, 3G or 4G to connect to the internet, many of which use an operating system such as iOS, Windows or Android, and can run various types of apps (i.e. smartphones, tablets, e-readers, and the iPod Touch).” Mobile Devices at Home According to the study, the majority of children at all grade levels (which included preschool through 12th grade in the United States) have some form of access to a variety of technology at home, including mobile devices. Specifically, the survey found: 78% of fa
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Teacher for Social Justice

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Tutoring for Free

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL L.A. Schools Promote Free Tutoring for Some Students September 23, 2003 | Duke Helfand, Times Staff Writer Los Angeles school officials on Monday urged parents whose children attend chronically underperforming schools to apply for free tutoring in math and English, which begins in November. The Los Angeles Unified School District mailed applications earlier this month to 186,000 students, from 104 schools, who are eligible for the extra assistance.
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Push that Gap

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL Push is on to close college gap for California's Latinos November 11, 2013 | By Carla Rivera As a freshman at Cal State San Marcos, Cipriano Vargas' grades were so low, his part-time job waiting tables so consuming and his home life with eight siblings so chaotic that he was on the verge of dropping out. The first-generation college student and son of parents with an elementary school education struggled to maintain a 1.9 grade point average. "I didn't have the skill or ability to manage time," said Vargas, 21. "My parents didn't understand the complexity of going to college, that it wasn't just two hours of classes and then I'm back home.
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IPADS

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL Funding for L.A. Unified's iPad program uncertain after three years November 5, 2013 | By Howard Blume A $1-billion plan to put an iPad into the hands of every Los Angeles student and teacher could prove difficult to financially sustain after about three years, based on figures provided by the L.A. Unified School District. The district's description of funding options emerged during a Board of Education meeting Tuesday at district headquarters. Los Angeles schools Supt. John Deasy has called the technology upgrade an essential academic initiative. He has also noted that new state tests are supposed to be taken on a computer. CALIFORNIA | LOCAL L.A. Unified's iPad rollout marred by chaos October 1, 2013 | By Howard Blume and Stephen Ceasar At a taco truck near Maya Angelou Community High School in South Los Angeles, senior Ramiro Gonzalez showed off his school-issued iPad tucked into his backpack Tuesday, excite
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Privilege and pressure,

OPINION Letters: The price of an 'elite' education October 30, 2013 Re "Privilege and pressure," Oct. 28 The article asks whether standards are too high at Harvard-Westlake School in Studio City. The real question is whether standards have sunk too low. At some private schools, the pursuit of excellence is now a smoke screen for meeting the narcissistic needs of parents, helping them compete in an overprivileged class where they demand the very best of everything. Truly great schools focus on the rounded development of the whole student. So when the emotional health of children becomes less important than bragging rights about the number of elite college acceptance letters or having the best stats to put in a brochure, that school needs to raise its standards.
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Funding Illegally...should we consider people in legal terms or are all students trully equal regardless of birth right?

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL Napolitano commits funds to aid UC students who entered U.S. illegally October 30, 2013 | By Larry Gordon UC President Janet Napolitano, tackling one of the hot button issues facing her new leadership, announced Wednesday that she will authorize $5 million in university funds to help students who entered the country illegally and do not qualify for federal financial aid. In her first major address since taking office, she also said she will boost support for graduate and postdoctoral researchers by $10 million. Napolitano has encountered some protests in her first month on the job because of what critics contend was the increase in deportations that she oversaw as U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security.
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new things that schools will be called on to teach

OPINION No longer swearing by cursive writing September 4, 2013 | By The Times editorial board For all the new things that schools will be called on to teach under the soon-to-be-implemented Common Core curriculum standards, it's a skill that has been omitted that is causing controversy: cursive writing. Good old script penmanship isn't part of the standards, which have been adopted by 45 states, including California. It's not forbidden or discouraged, but Common Core focuses on analytical and computer-based skills rather than the long hours of practice required to link letters in a flowing style.
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lendale public school classroom, the immigrant's daughter

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL Dual-language immersion programs growing in popularity May 8, 2011 | By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times In a Glendale public school classroom, the immigrant's daughter uses no English as she conjugates verbs and writes sentences about cats. More than a decade after California voters eliminated most bilingual programs, first-grader Sofia Checchi is taught in Italian nearly all day — as she and her 20 classmates at Franklin Elementary School have been since kindergarten. Yet in just a year, Sofia has jumped a grade level in reading English. In the view of her mother — an Italian immigrant — Sofia's achievement validates a growing body of research indicating that learning to read in students' primary languages helps them become more fluent in English.
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A. schools chief John Deasy will continue to lead the nation's second-largest school district

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL John Deasy to stay on as L.A. Unified schools chief October 29, 2013 | By Howard Blume, Stephen Ceasar and Teresa Watanabe L.A. schools chief John Deasy will continue to lead the nation's second-largest school district through June 2016, the district's legal counsel announced Tuesday, ending days of speculation about his future. Deasy, 52, received a satisfactory evaluation from the L.A. Unified Board of Education during a nearly five-hour, closed-door meeting. Last week, he told some high-level district officials he would resign amid reports that he was frustrated by a new school board majority that challenged his policies and philosophy.
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Out in the field.....Urban Ed Girl

URBAN ED GIRL IN THE FIELD @ COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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Professional Develoment

Professional Development The P.S. ARTS Professional Development Program works to enhance the quality of teaching and learning in our partner schools by providing training and resources for Teaching Artists, Classroom Teachers, and school district administrators. At P.S. ARTS, professional development happens in several areas: District Partnerships Los Angeles Unified School District P.S. ARTS is a member of the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Arts Community Partnership network (ACPN), which provides professional development for its classroom teachers. A number of LAUSD schools have chosen P.S. ARTS to provide six-week residencies in visual arts, music, theater and dance to focus on building Classroom Teachers’ skills in incorporating the arts into their classrooms. Several other school districts, including the Lennox and the Bassett Unified School districts have employed P.S. ARTS professional development services. Lawndale Elementary School District Our new instructional
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Community Outreach

Community Outreach Join us on Saturday, June 1st at R.H. Dana Middle School in Hawthorne for the TakePART in Art Festival: Cultivating Community! Through the organization’s Community Outreach Program, P.S. ARTS also coordinates with school principals and parent groups to provide parent education and community outreach services, including cultural experiences for our partner schools’ families. P.S. ARTS hosts “Family Art Nights” in an effort to engage multigenerational family members and the community in our programs and the arts. These events feature free, hands-on family themed arts projects. P.S. ARTS Teaching Artists, Administrative Staff, and volunteers lead families through lesson-based projects that are inspired by master artists. These events have become extraordinarily popular with hundreds of students, siblings, parents, and grandparents in attendance at the school. In addition to the arts projects, families are given information about their students’ music program, how to
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Foundation Communities provides first class, affordable homes and free onsite support services for thousands of working families with kids, as well as veterans, seniors, and individuals with disabilities. We offer an innovative, proven model that empowers our residents and neighbors to achieve educational success, financial stability, and healthier lifestyles. We own and operate 17 properties in Austin and North Texas. Join us for an Open House where you can participate in a small group tour of one of our communities, meet executive director Walter Moreau, and learn more about Foundation Communities over lunch. Learn more about the four core areas in which we work. Or take a moment right now to meet people whose lives have been touched by Foundation Communities. Just click the play button below to watch the  video.
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NO NCLB....its gone, no one told me?

Integration Services NCLB-PSC Program No Longer Available As of August 6, 2013 the U.S. Department of Education approved the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Waiver for the California Office to Reform Education (CORE) Districts. As a result, the No Child Left Behind – Public School Choice program will not continue in LAUSD. Public School Choice transportation continues this year for students already receiving services and may continue until they reach the highest grade level at their current school. For assistance or further information please contact, Student Integration Services at (213) 241- 6572 El Programa Que Ningún Niño se Quede Rezagado en la Educación – Opción de Escuela Pública No Estará Disponible Este Año. Comenzando el 6 de agosto de 2013, el Departamento de Educación de Estados Unidos (USDE, siglas en inglés) aprobó la petición de exención de los Distritos escolares que representan la Oficina para Reformar la Educación en California (CORE, siglas en inglés). En consecuenci
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MENTORING PROFILE INVENTORY

Development of the Profession, Not Just Professional Development Welcome! The  Mentoring Profile Inventory  provides you with feedback about how you conceive of and carry out your work with Student Teachers as their School Advisor  ... with a particular focus on what is both motivating and challenging for you. Click below to complete the Survey, then once you have completed its questions, click on the "submit" button to receive an immediate profile. Additionally, you can request an Interpretation Guide and an Explanation Sheet detailing what your profile bars mean and how to use this information in your work. Welcome! School Advisors are motivated and challenged in a variety of ways in their work as school-based teacher educators and with Student Teachers. This Survey can provide informative feedback and guidance about your mentoring and supervisory relationships with them. To Begin... In total, how many years have you been teaching? Total number of Studen
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What to do?

My child has been diagnosed with a learning disability. When your child has been diagnosed with a learning disability, often many concerns and questions come to mind. Luckily, there are strategies you can use .
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Evaluating Teachers

here is a raging debate in the States on teacher evaluation that has really captured my attention and is often the topic of staffroom discussions. Effective (good) teaching and its effect on student achievement is the focus of the documentary “ Waiting for Superman ” which I really enjoyed.  It really does boggle my mind that rubber rooms in New York existed to hold chronically ineffective teachers who were able to draw a full salary to sit in a room and do nothing.  I am glad to see that the public embarrassment of these rooms is forcing them to be shut down ( NY Times article ), but the underlying problem of not being able to dismiss ineffective teachers is not isolated to New York.  Most people do not argue with the need to clear out some of the teachers that harm our credibility as a profession, but it is how we define ineffective/effective teachers that is the basis of much of the debate: on what criteria (observations? Standardized test results?), by whom (administr
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I want to do the right thing, White teachers...Black schools

Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Ladson-Billings wrote that culturally relevant teachers exhibit confidence in African American students' ability to learn by maintaining high academic expectations and affirming "their cultural identity . . ." (Ladson-Billings, 1995). Culturally relevant teachers harness the power inherent to their occupation to confront institutional and systemic practices which disempower students of color. For these instructors, education becomes a liberatory exercise where classroom assignments become opportunities to teach for social justice. Additionally, culturally relevant instructors place tremendous emphasis on supporting African American students' of academic achievement (Ladson-Billings, 2006). Far from sympathetic, this support represents a sincere desire to take the necessary measures so the educational experience is germane to these students' lived experiences. Lastly, Ladson-Billings asserts that culturally relevant instructor
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As issues such as globalization in the information age and thedevelopment of new educational standards gain more importance, leadersin education are looking for more effective teaching methods for students who make use of various learning strategies. Drama has recently becomea center of attention and “an important part of the literature curriculum inmany countries” (Urian, 2000, p. 1-2). Since it is a potentially powerfultool for instruction and learning (Schneider & Jackson, 2000; Smith & Herring, 1993) propagating the methods and techniques of drama forearly childhood education takes on great significance. As a learning tool,drama is beneficial to students of all age groups, because it provides themthe opportunity to develop more effective learning techniques, strategies,and solutions (Booth, 1985). It helps them to comprehend the world theylive in and construct their knowledge and increases the chances for children to express themselves independently in any subject area,i
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