Memo 1127

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  1. What rowing can tell us about school improvement
  2. How some beat-the-odds schools sustain their success
  3. Teaching early reading as a “reciprocal cycle”
  4. Unchecked technology has failed us; we need relational intelligence
  5. What happens when a student’s phone buzzes
  6. What “warm demanders” do
  7. How teachers can work within today’s curriculum constraints
  8. A video with seven insights on teaching and learning

Memo 1126

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  1. What technology can do and what human teachers must do
  2. Leaders with the qualities of good followers
  3. Effective schools that sustain success over time
  4. Following up when formative assessments reveal student confusion
  5. Should teachers simplify math vocabulary for students?
  6. Does AI translation mean we don’t need to learn other languages?
  7. At what level does student absenteeism become problematic?
  8. When a leader should hit the pause button
  9. Fun math activities for students and their families
  10. Recommended young adult Indigenous literature
  11. Short item: An AI spoof on historical figures in hum-drum modern situations

Memo 1125

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    1. Intervention – how to make it count
    2. Differentiating with GenAI
    3. Rethinking one-to-one paraprofessional support of students
    4. English learners (ELs) and career and technical education (CTE)
    5. Math coaching for teachers isn’t optional, it’s foundational
    6. Broadening students’ idea of what it means to be good at science
    7. What is the best size for student groups?
    8. Why is class size a relatively weak factor in student achievement?
    9. Why tutoring wasn’t effective in Nashville
    10. How to improve meetings
    11. Recommended children’s picture books

Memo 1124

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  1. Seven principles for teaching and learning
  2. Can the boy-girl reading gap be closed?
  3. The troubling impact of GenAI on young people’s social skills
  4. A college English teacher goes full low-tech
  5. Bronx and Brooklyn teachers experiment with an AI platform
  6. Suggestions for talking with parents and guardians about homework
  7. The epidemic of online teen gambling
  8. A different take on daily leadership huddles
  9. A book about U.S. curriculum culture wars
  10. When faced with a tough dilemma, dial some friends
  11. Short item: Free classroom videos and lesson plans