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Classnotes is IDRA’s free award-winning podcast series for educators and public school advocates that explores issues facing U.S. education today and strategies to better serve every student.
Classnotes Podcast (April 27, 2009) Making changes schools of course requires looking at the fundamentals and elements that need shoring … read more
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Classnotes Podcast (April 7, 2009) Research tells us that certain things must be in place for schools to be successful. … read more
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Classnotes Podcast (March 26, 2009) Effective math secondary teachers use words, visual display and gestures to help their students understand … read more
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Classnotes Podcast (March 12, 2009) As education gaps continue between low-income students and their peers, many school leaders have been looking … read more
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Classnotes Podcast (February 27, 2009) Schools across the country are examining how they will implement the Response to Intervention (RTI) … read more
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Classnotes Podcast (February 13, 2009) Recently, Education Week released it’s annual Quality Counts report, Portrait of a Population, with a focus … read more
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Classnotes Podcast (February 2, 2009) Children’s literature can capture children’s hearts, making their encounters with reading fun and instructive. In … read more
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Classnotes Podcast (January 16, 2009) Engaging parents about their children’s math education is not about teaching them how to do … read more
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Classnotes Podcast (December 18, 2008) School counselors are in a unique position to support high school students in navigating the … read more
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Classnotes Podcast (November 21, 2008) What happens in the classroom powerfully impacts students’ perceptions of science. When worksheets are the … read more
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Classnotes Podcast (November 7, 2008) Engaging families typically is a difficult task for high schools. But it can be done. The … read more
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Classnotes Podcast (October 21, 2008) With schools losing one-third of their students on average, dropout prevention programs, even the most effective … read more
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Classnotes Podcast (October 14, 2008) The promise of access to college and to educational technology has not been fulfilled for … read more
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Classnotes Podcast (September 15, 2008) The most important questions of all are those asked by students as they try to … read more
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Classnotes Podcast (September 2, 2008) Becoming a good teacher is a process that requires years of experience and commitment. But … read more
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Classnotes Podcast (July 23, 2008) School outreach workers often find themselves struggling to get parents to come to the school … read more
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Classnotes Podcast (July 9, 2008) The summer marks the 36th anniversary of Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex … read more
Read MoreClassnotes Podcast (June 18, 2008) Clearly much of our math instruction is not producing the results we need. Things need … read more
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Classnotes Podcast (June 3, 2008) With schools losing one-third to one-half of their students, schools and communities around the country … read more
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Classnotes Podcast (May 19, 2008) Teachers actually can strengthen science learning by not giving students the answers. Discovery learning supports and … read more
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