Best+Practices+&+Educational+Issues

=__Best Practices/ Educational Issues__=

__[|Achievement Gaps.pdf]__

__[|Charter Schools.docx]__

__[|IDEA.docx]__

__[|No Child Left Behind.docx]__

__[|Removal of Fine Arts Programs.docx]__

__[|Assessment of Learning Disabilities.pptx]__   [] This site is a culmination of the different types of Best Practices including: ability grouping, block scheduling, cooperative learning, peer tutoring, project-based learning, RTI and year round education. Each of these topics is linked to a separate page where the topic is discussed in further detail and they also provide more links and resources regarding your chosen topic. For example, on the cooperative learning page, they discuss the benefits, the overuse of it and how it engages active learning.

[] This is an article based on the best practice for teaching adolescent ELLs. The article examines the diversity of the students that are lumped under this category of ELLs and how we need to acknowledge their personal attributes and also personal challenges instead of viewing them as a whole. It also examines the best practices for ELLs such as school-wide/ team-based support, a dual curriculum, global community classrooms, extended time to learn, and individual progress records. Each of those topics is driven by a key question and then examined briefly.

[|http://www.benchmarkeducation.com/learning-environment/ell-english-language-learner-teaching-strategies--best-practices.html#section_5] This link deals with specific instructional practices that are most beneficial to ELLs. It is a list of 12 "tips" that are the most often heard and used strategies with ELLs. It has tips such as modeling the behavior you desire, provide sufficient wait time, use concrete items and pictures when describing, keep expectations high but reasonable. This would be a great list of tips to hand out to all content teachers if they have ELL students in their classroom and they were nervous; this would be a culmination of the important things to know. The site also provides a chart that lists ways to empower students on a daily basis and also elements that would disable the students' learning.  [] This site has an extensive archive of education issues. They range from the use of technology to how to answer the overwhelming amount of emails. The archive of articles also consists of great ideas and advice from others in the educational field.   [] This is an article that contains an interview with Dr. Tim R. Westerberg and author of // Creating the High Schools of Our Choice, // a principals perspective on the realities of high school reform. The article discusses curriculum anarchy, he recommends the elimination of tracks in high school, he discusses the biggest obstacles to change high schools and some great strategies to enlist staff support