Are children's school reports the final word on their progress, or are they just a list of test and assessment results? Heather Fehring explains what kind of information is most useful to parents in a report, and why.
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Are children's school reports the final word on their progress, or are they just a list of test and assessment results? Heather Fehring explains what kind of information is most useful to parents in a report, and why.
By discovering more about how the brain works, you can understand a whole lot more about how students learn. Lakeview Academy's Connie White explains how here.
Olivier Dumon calls on the EU Commission to embrace policies which will enable big data to transform the education sector in Europe.
Is this a light bulb moment for you? Ben Johnson challenges Principals to really think about what the top three priorities for schools are.
"If we want students to learn, the most critical element is the teacher. So professional development is the overall most important thing we can do to help students learn."
What about the principal's role in being an active participant? Vivienne Robinson's research on the principal's role in professional learning is relevant here too.
These 10 design questions by Dr. Robert Marzano are what you should be asking yourself to find them, and to foster individual connections with your students.
Learn how an effective online portal has transformed lesson preparation for teachers in the US District of Columbia over the past three years.
Studies show that teachers engaging with students’ emotions is an essential part of the teaching process, constituting around half of their workload in class. Annie Murphy Paul of the Hechinger Report examines the race to computerize the emotional component of teaching.
Looking for a fast and effortless way to boost your school's marketing strategy? Anne O'Brien from Learning First Alliance shares a useful set of tips for creating a Facebook presence for your school.
"Imagine a world in which teachers could analyse the answers given in exam papers not just to find out how much their students have learned, but also to get clues as to why some gave the wrong answers or struggled to understand certain concepts...."
Olivier Dumon looks at how big data could change the educational landscape in Europe.
Dr John Hattie's research suggesting that smaller class size may have little bearing on student achievement has sparked active and ongoing debate. Colleen Kimmett and Erin Millar look at the argments for and against class size, and Hattie's conclusion that feedback is the most important factor of all.
