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The 21st Century Resume

Remember the day when…searching for a job consisted of circling advertisements in a newspaper and sending a letter of interest and your resume in hope of a phone call for an interview.  Well those days are over and today’s information…

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Justice For English Language Learners

This week I was asked to be a Guest Blogger for Education Week. Rick Hess’s Straight Up blog examines policy and practice related to current issues in education. I decided to focus my posts on issues related to English Language…

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Creating Open-Ended Math Tasks

Regardless of your class size, designing instruction for everyone’s ability is a complex endeavor, students come into the classroom with different funds of knowledge, experiences, and beliefs about themselves as a learner. Despite these differences, you must prepare students to…

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6 Fun Ways to Go Digital with Number Talks

One of the cornerstones of a solid elementary math block are activities that support students in developing numerical literacy. Developing numerical literacy in the elementary classroom will support students in being confident problem solvers, and engage in mathematical discussions at…

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