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Teaching Channel Spotlight
Featured Video: Theme, Symbolism & Allusion
A 7th grade language arts teacher in Chelmsford, Mass., demonstrates how she teaches themes, symbolism, and allusions in Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea using the Common Core State Standards. (6:23) (May 14, 2013)
First Person
Setting the Record Straight on Ability Grouping
Ability grouping may get a bad rap, but research shows that it can be an effective, low-cost intervention when used with flexibility, says the president of the National Association for Gifted Children. (May 20, 2013)
Teaching Ahead: A Roundtable
Preparing Students to Enter the Workforce
Our teacher panelists discuss their thoughts on creating career-pathway programs for students who are not college-bound and how to do so without perpetuating inequalities. (May 14, 2013)
Charting My Own Course
Parents, More Than Teachers, Are the 'Silver Bullet' for Students in Poverty
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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Ed-Tech PD Focuses on Student Learning Needs
Experts say professional development should put razor-sharp attention on what students need to learn, rather than on how to use specific devices. (March 11, 2013)
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Teaching Channel Spotlight
Keep it or Junk it: A Student-Run Lesson
See how four 5th grade students run a class lesson on the Jamestown settlement while their teacher helps to facilitate. (10:14)
SPECIAL REPORTS/RESEARCH
Quality Counts 2013: Code of Conduct
This report takes aim at an issue freighted with emotional as well as policy implications: the impact of a school's social and disciplinary environment on students' ability to learn and on the teachers and administrators tasked with guiding them. (January 4, 2013)
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