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Goffstown School District Implements Microwave Communication to Remote Classroom

Posted on December 5, 2017 by

Goffstown, NH.  The SAU#19 Business Office, located in the historic original 1874 school house in center of Goffstown, recently replaced the cupola on its roof. Time and the elements had taken its toll on the original structure, but in replacing … Continue reading →

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Hinsdale High School Featured by the National Center for Learning Disabilities

Posted on August 10, 2017 by

Congratulations to Karen Thompson and Hinsdale High School for being featured by the National Center for Learning Disabilities!!  The case study describes the exemplary work their ELO Program is doing to meet the needs of students with disabilities.  Keep up the … Continue reading →

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Gen YES and NH Office of Educational Technology Launch Gen YES New Hampshire

Posted on June 20, 2017 by

The Office of Educational Technology at the New Hampshire Department of Education is partnering with GenYES to help promote participation of New Hampshire schools in the GenYES program. Dr. Dennis Harper will give a GenYES workshop in Concord on August … Continue reading →

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Time for a New Conversation in Education

Posted on May 18, 2017 by

As a long time education reform advocate, I don’t mind saying that the reform agenda has gotten a bit stale. Standards based reform dates back to the 70s. The first charter laws schools were passed over 20 years ago, just … Continue reading →

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Picting, not Writing, is the Literacy of Today’s Youth

Posted on May 10, 2017 by

Is a picture really worth 1,000 words? Two interesting observations: In the K–12 classroom, today’s youth spend 90 percent of the time with text-based materials and 10 percent of the time with image-based materials. Outside the K–12 classroom, today’s youth … Continue reading →

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Focusing on family buy-in, a Connecticut district shifts to mastery-based learning

Posted on April 18, 2017 by

WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. — When Kylie Jones brings home her report card, it doesn’t have any A’s, B’s or C’s. The Windsor Locks High School freshman belongs to the first cohort of students going through middle and high school under … Continue reading →

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3 Ways to Plan for Diverse Learners: What Teachers Do

Posted on March 23, 2017 by

by John McCarthy, Education Consultant, Advocate for Student Voice in Learning on Edutopia at https://www.edutopia.org/blog/differentiated-instruction-ways-to-plan-john-mccarthy In The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy and crew are so intimidated by the Wizard’s enigmatic personality that they struggle to talk with him on equal … Continue reading →

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