Our Most-Read Posts of 2011
Getting families engaged in their children's education, using social media, turning around struggling schools, the morale of our nation's premiere teachers, and progress (or lack thereof) in efforts to improve the nation's major federal education legislation...This year, our most-viewed posts covered these topics, and much more. Here are our ten most-read posts of 2011 (as indicated by our trusty Google Analytics tracking system). Enjoy!
10. New Models for Family Engagement
9. Seeing the Future for Public Education
8. The Importance of Trust and Morale in School Turnarounds
7. Mass Customized Learning: An Interview with Education Authors Charles Schwahn and Bea McGarvey
6. The Science of Good Character...Two Schools' Journey to Success for Students by Nurturing "Grit"
5. Is Promoting Diversity a Goal of Public Schools?
4. Importance of Technology in Schools
3. America's Premiere Teachers: Demoralized, Infantilized, and Fearful?
2. The Current State of ESEA Reauthorization [as of January 20, 2011]
1. Why #Educators Should Use Social Media
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Thanks so much for your
Thanks so much for your feature on getting families engaged in their children's education. It's so important to continue the conversation on how parents and the community can be part of their child's/student's success.
We also have several topics and practices on Doing What Works that feature different tools and strategies for family engagement:
Strategies to increase parent engagement: http://dww.ed.gov/Increased-Learning-Time/Maximize-Attendance/see/?T_ID=...
Building relationships with parents: http://dww.ed.gov/School-Turnaround/Improved-Leadership/see/?T_ID=21&P_I...
Engaging parents and the community: http://dww.ed.gov/Dropout-Prevention/Rigorous-Relevant-Instruction/see/?...
Opportunities for parent engagement: http://dww.ed.gov/Increased-Learning-Time/Maximize-Attendance/see/?T_ID=...
Collaboration with parents: http://dww.ed.gov/Reducing-Behavior-Problems/Collaborative-Relationships...
RTI parent guides: http://dww.ed.gov/Response-to-Intervention-Math/RtI-Implementation/see/?...
Working with parents in dropout prevention: http://dww.ed.gov/Dropout-Prevention/Adult-Advocates/learn/?T_ID=24&P_ID=54
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