by Cathie Maglio, Blended Learning Specialist A teacher is not unlike a gardener. Time flies so quickly, especially as we get older. It’s now fall and a new school year is underway. Last weekend as I prepared my garden for winter I started to think about how educators are like
It is exciting. It is exhausting. It is a time of transition for everyone. by Eileen Wedegartner, Blended Learning Specialist It’s that bittersweet time of year again, the start of school. We pack away our summer gear, bags loaded with suntan lotion, flip-flips, towels and sand, and trade them in
Madison Park is on an upward trajectory. by Gary Kaplan The scores are in, and they’re down. It was expected that scores on the new 10th grade MCAS 2.0 would be lower than on the old “Legacy” MCAS. The new test was designed to be more difficult, with higher-level questions.
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Authored by Joan Reissman, Narrated by Greg Cunningham Preparation for the 2020 ELA Test This prerecorded webinar will help teachers, parents and students understand the changes in the ELA Next-Gen MCAS 2.0 and prepare for the 2020 ELA test, addressing 2019 content changes, format and question distribution changes, and technology-enhanced
Give yourself as many chances as possible to get a passing score by Joan Reissman, MCAS Maven There’s been so much talk about the different versions of the MCAS tests that parents and students may be wondering exactly what is passing and what to do if a student gets a
Sometimes We Need to Be Reminded… … that our schools are full of great kids, hard-working and creative teachers, overworked and underappreciated administrators, and effective programs. Read more about some of these outstanding people, schools and communities in our series: Spotlighting JFYNetWorks Partner Schools… September 2019 edition.
Strength and faith and the hope they will find a way to navigate safely home by Greg Cunningham, Blended Learning Specialist Every year as September 11 approaches I am drawn back to that cloudless day and the eerie quiet that settled over Boston as the flickering, droning television screen became
Sometimes We Need to Be Reminded… … that our schools are full of great kids, hard-working and creative teachers, overworked and underappreciated administrators, and effective programs. Read more about some of these outstanding people, schools and communities in our series: Spotlighting JFYNetWorks Partner Schools… August 2019 edition.
Authored by Joan Reissman, Narrated by Greg Cunningham Preparation for the 2020 Math Test This prerecorded webinar will help teachers, parents and students understand the changes in the Math Next-Gen MCAS 2.0 and prepare for the 2020 math test, addressing 2019 content changes, format and question distribution changes, and technology-enhanced
Student ownership is the key by Joan Reissman, MCAS Maven Data is the key word in almost any discussion of student achievement. There is so much emphasis on data and test scores that teachers, students and parents can easily come to hate even hearing the word. But data itself is
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