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Author : Florida. Division of Public Schools
Release : 2013
Genre : Education
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Book Synopsis Florida's Race to the Top by : Florida. Division of Public Schools
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Author : Department of Education (ED)
Release : 2012
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Book Synopsis Race to the Top. Florida. State-Reported APR by : Department of Education (ED)
Download or read book Race to the Top. Florida. State-Reported APR written by Department of Education (ED). This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper describes Florida's progress in implementing a comprehensive and coherent approach to education reform from the time of application through June 30, 2011. In particular, it highlights key accomplishments over the reporting period in the four reform areas: standards and assessments, data systems to support instruction, great teachers and leaders, and turning around lowest-achieving schools. Florida has relied on its strong foundation of education reform and results coupled with the new resources of Race to the Top to further its reform efforts. The state has accomplished a great deal during Year 1 of the grant, not only in initiating state and LEA (local education agency) grant projects, but in furthering related state reforms through embracing Race to the Top as the new way of work in Florida. (Contains 1 table.) [For the parent report, "Race to the Top Annual Performance Report," see ED529267. For the state summary report, "Race to the Top. Florida Report. Year 1: School Year 2010-2011. [State-Specific Summary Report]," see ED529312.].
Author : Department of Education (ED)
Release : 2012
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Book Synopsis Race to the Top. Florida Report. Year 1 by : Department of Education (ED)
Download or read book Race to the Top. Florida Report. Year 1 written by Department of Education (ED). This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This State-specific summary report serves as an assessment of Florida's Year 1 Race to the Top implementation, highlighting successes and accomplishments, identifying challenges, and providing lessons learned from implementation to date. Florida received a Race to the Top award in September 2010 as part of Phase 2 of the Race to the Top competition. Since receiving the award, the State has made progress in implementing several reform projects. These projects include assisting LEAs in designing new teacher and principal evaluation systems that use multiple measures, including a statewide value-added model for measuring student-growth; helping LEAs begin the transition to new Common Core State Standards (CCSS); launching the Local Systems Exchange (LSE) that allows LEAs to share information on their Local Instructional Improvement Systems; and engaging stakeholders through the creation and engagement of eight Implementation Committees. Florida encountered obstacles in implementing its Race to the Top plan during the first year of the grant. Since receiving its Race to the Top award, Florida has elected a new Governor and has had three Commissioners of Education. These leadership transitions have proven challenging as Florida Department of Education (FDOE) Race to the Top program staff work to update the new leaders on the Race to the Top plan. In addition, the State experienced difficulties in hiring staff at the State level and in the regions, which slowed the start of some Race to the Top activities. The State's most significant challenge is executing the large number and scope of contracts associated with its Race to the Top plan. Florida budgeted approximately 98 percent of its Race to the Top State-level funds for contracts. Despite its experience with managing contracts, the State has struggled to issue contracts in a timely manner. Leadership changes, legal challenges, disparate vendor quality in some initial responses, the lack of staff needed to execute the large number of contracts, and difficulties in hiring qualified individuals contributed to significant delays in Year 1 and have resulted in the start date of many Year 1 activities shifting to Year 2 or beyond. As part of its planning for Year 2 of the grant, Florida is considering ways to build on its accomplishments and address its challenges from Year 1. The State found the stakeholder input from the Student Growth Implementation Committee, coupled with national expertise, to be very valuable in the development of its statewide value-added student growth model. The State plans to use this collaborative effort as a model for continued work across reform areas. The State is also learning from its experience with Race to the Top contracts issued to date and is using the lessons learned to try and avoid contract delays in the future. Florida states that it is managing contract timelines in a manner that will allow it to make up for time lost on activities not started in Year 1. In addition, Florida is using a project management system to facilitate oversight of its many contracts once they are executed. Finally, the State is working with a vendor to conduct a formative and summative evaluation of its Race to the Top implementation that the State expects will provide insight into its progress and areas in need of improvement. A glossary is included. (Contains 6 footnotes.) [For the full report, "Race to the Top. Florida. State-Reported APR: Year One," see ED529311. For "Race to the Top Annual Performance Report," see ED529267.].
Author : Ginny Rorby
Release : 2013-08-01
Genre : Young Adult Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 676/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Lost in River of Grass by : Ginny Rorby
Download or read book Lost in River of Grass written by Ginny Rorby. This book was released on 2013-08-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I don't realize I'm crying until he glances at me. For a moment, I see the look of anguish in his eyes, then he blinks it away and slips off into the water. I immediately think of the gator. It's still down there somewhere. . . ." A science-class field trip to the Everglades is supposed to be fun, but Sarah's new at Glades Academy, and her fellow freshmen aren’t exactly making her feel welcome. When an opportunity for an unauthorized side trip on an air boat presents itself, it seems like a perfect escape—an afternoon without feeling like a sore thumb. But one simple oversight turns a joyride into a race for survival across the river of grass. Sarah will have to count on her instincts—and a guy she barely knows—if they have any hope of making it back alive.
Author : Rongjin Huang
Release : 2019-05-28
Genre : Education
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Book Synopsis Theory and Practice of Lesson Study in Mathematics by : Rongjin Huang
Download or read book Theory and Practice of Lesson Study in Mathematics written by Rongjin Huang. This book was released on 2019-05-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together and builds on the current research efforts on adaptation, conceptualization, and theorization of Lesson Study (LS). It synthesizes and illustrates major perspectives for theorizing LS and enriches the conceptualization of LS by interpreting the activity as it is used in Japan and China from historical and cultural perspectives. Presenting the practices and theories of LS with practicing teachers and prospective teachers in more than 10 countries, it enables the reader to take a comparative perspective. Finally, the book presents and discusses studies on key aspects of LS such as lesson planning, post-lesson discussion, guiding theories, connection between research and practice, and upscaling. Lesson Study, which has originated in Asia as a powerful effective professional development model, has spread globally. Although the positive effects of lesson study on teacher learning, student learning, and curriculum reforms have been widely documented, conceptualization of and research on LS have just begun to emerge. This book, including 38 chapters contributed by 90 scholars from 21 countries, presents a truly international collaboration on research on and adaptation of LS, and significantly advances the development of knowledge about this process. Chapter 15: "How Variance and Invariance Can Inform Teachers’ Enactment of Mathematics Lessons" of this book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com Theory and Practice of Lesson Study in Mathematics: An International Perspective shows that the power of Lesson Study to transform the role of teachers in classroom research cannot be explained by a simple replication model. Here we see Lesson Study being successful internationally when its key principles and practices are taken seriously and are adapted to meet local issues and challenges. (Max Stephens, Senior research fellow at The University of Melbourne) It works. Instruction improves, learning improves. Wide scale? Enduring? Deep impact? Lesson study has it. When something works as well as lesson study does, while alternative systems for improving instruction fail, or only succeed on small scale or evaporate as quickly as they show promise, it is time to understand how and why lesson study works. This volume brings the research on lesson study together from around the world. Here is what we already know and here is the way forward for research and practice informed by research. It is time to wake up and pay attention to what has worked so well, on wide scale for so long. (Phil Dara, A leading author of the Common Core State Standards of Mathematics in the U.S.)
