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Nov 15, 2018
#CollegeCareerReadiness through #BlendedLearning College and Career Readiness is LIFE READINESS.
Reaching and teaching the hyperlinked student by Eileen Wedegartner, Blended Learning Specialist I recently had a conversation with one of the teachers I work with about a course she is teaching this year. The content is intriguing, relevant and full of rigor. It has to do with social media, networking,
Two disciplines with a common purpose by Cathie Maglio, blended learning specialist Ever since fifth grade I wanted to be a math teacher. I fell in love with the subject at that point and never wavered from it. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in math, I knew I
Should you take a year off after high school? by Joan Reissman, Blended Learning Specialist If you’re a senior, you are probably thinking about college. The traditional pattern has been to attend college right after high school, but many students now are taking a year off before enrolling in college.
Reading the Red Sox’ Stars by Greg Cunningham, Blended Learning Specialist “I’m amazed you can see Venus with all the lights around Boston,” my friend Tyler commented as we walked back to the car after a Red Sox win at Fenway Park. “That’s not Venus,” I assured him. “That’s Mars.”
Of Literacy and Democracy Is access to literacy a constitutional right? by Eileen Wedegartner On July 5, 2018, Thomas Birmingham and William Weld co-authored an opinion piece in the Boston Globe titled, “Mass. has to return to its high standards for education.” The former governor and senate president re-visited the
Teaching students to think they can by Cathie Maglio, Blended Learning Specialist Illustration by George and Doris Hauman In the classic children’s story “The Little Engine That Could,” the little blue steam engine is asked to pull a train full of toys and gifts to boys and girls on
How teachers and coaches help students find their own success By Greg Cunningham, Blended Learning Specialist “You have a great ability to quickly develop an analysis of the topic. If we can teach you how to speak, we might have something here.” These were my first comments to Jackson, a
by Eileen Wedegartner, Blended Learning Specialist I fondly recall a ragged rhyme that kids used to chant on the last day of school. Every adult of a certain age knows some version of it, but the one we always bellowed was: Only the most daring or naughty would speak the
Digital assistance in Math and English Improving Accuplacer scores is a worthwhile idea regardless of remediation policies, because it signifies improved foundation skills. Tests like Accuplacer are not just arbitrary exercises: they measure the skills required for an academic or vocational pursuit. Math and English are the foundation skills. In
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