This video demonstrates how Recommendation 4 of the Institute of Sciences practice guide Teaching Math to Young Learners can be carried out. The recommendation teach children to view and describe their world mathematically is described by math expert, Douglas Clements of the Marsico Institute for Early Learning and Literacy. Four strategies shared in the video to carry out the recommendation […]
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English Learner Toolkit for State and Local Education Agencies (SEAs and LEAs)
The Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) at the U.S. Department of Education published this comprehensive toolkit to support educators at state and local agencies who serve English learners. The toolkit contains 10 chapters that provide tools and resources to support the identification, implementation, and evaluation of language programs aligned with the Office for Civil Rights, the Department of Justice, […]
What Content Area Teachers Should Know About Adolescent Literacy
This report provides basic information on reading, including an overview of critical literacy skills such as decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension. Its focus is to support middle and high school teachers, as well as administrators and parents, in building adolescents’ skills in reading and writing. Topics are divided into user-friendly categories such as: What challenges face adolescent readers? How […]
Colorado Academic Standards: A Roadmap to Student Success
This document was developed by the Colorado Department of Education as a brief overview for parents when the state updated its academic standards in 2016. The document includes an explanation of what standards are, how they connect to the curriculum taught in schools, and the tests used to determine whether students are gaining the knowledge and skills that they should. […]
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