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The Knowledge Gap

Author : Natalie Wexler

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 354 pages

File Size : 17,18 MB

Release : 2020-08-04

Category : Education

ISBN : 0735213569

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The untold story of the root cause of America's education crisis--and the seemingly endless cycle of multigenerational poverty. It was only after years within the education reform movement that Natalie Wexler stumbled across a hidden explanation for our country's frustrating lack of progress when it comes to providing every child with a quality education. The problem wasn't one of the usual scapegoats: lazy teachers, shoddy facilities, lack of accountability. It was something no one was talking about: the elementary school curriculum's intense focus on decontextualized reading comprehension "skills" at the expense of actual knowledge. In the tradition of Dale Russakoff's The Prize and Dana Goldstein's The Teacher Wars, Wexler brings together history, research, and compelling characters to pull back the curtain on this fundamental flaw in our education system--one that fellow reformers, journalists, and policymakers have long overlooked, and of which the general public, including many parents, remains unaware. But The Knowledge Gap isn't just a story of what schools have gotten so wrong--it also follows innovative educators who are in the process of shedding their deeply ingrained habits, and describes the rewards that have come along: students who are not only excited to learn but are also acquiring the knowledge and vocabulary that will enable them to succeed. If we truly want to fix our education system and unlock the potential of our neediest children, we have no choice but to pay attention.







Praxis II Elementary Education

Author : Jennifer Edwards Ed S

Publisher :

Page : 450 pages

File Size : 33,12 MB

Release : 2020-02-13

Category :

ISBN :

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We've listened to teachers and created a comprehensive study guide that includes exactly what you need, including numerous examples and testing tips, to pass the Praxis II Elementary Education Multiple Subjects 5001 exam. Our study guide is fully aligned to the skills and competencies covered on the exam. As experienced teachers, administrators, curriculum writers, and assessment writers, we ensure our examples and practice test items mirror the types of questions and wording you can expect on the Praxis II Elementary Education exam. This study guide includes all four subtests: Reading and Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies and Science. Within each section, we included detailed explanations of each of the 175+ skills you are required to know on the exam. We include specific vocabulary, explanations, and tips for testing that are easy to follow. For the Reading and Language Arts subtest, there are detailed explanations for 63+ skills, multiple examples, testing tips, specific vocabulary, two full practice tests with detailed explanations. For the mathematics subtest, there are detailed explanations for 67+ skills, 98+ detailed examples/practice problems worked out, testing tips specific to the test, exam-specific vocabulary, and two full practice tests with detailed explanations. For the Social Studies subtest, there are detailed explanations for 18+ skills, detailed dates, events, and historical figures you need to know, multiple examples, testing tips specific to the exam, and two full practice tests with detailed explanations. For the Science subtest, there are detailed explanations for 28+ skills, multiple examples with detailed figures, testing tips specific to test, exam-specific vocabulary, and two full practice tests with detailed explanations.



The Elementary School Subjects, Vol. 1

Author : Calvin N. Kendall

Publisher : Forgotten Books

Page : 348 pages

File Size : 14,56 MB

Release : 2017-10-25

Category : Education

ISBN : 9780265716205

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Excerpt from The Elementary School Subjects, Vol. 1: How to Teach the Fundamental Subjects Tms book discusses the teaching of the common fundamental subjects found in elementary schools. It also contains suggestions as to what should make up the course of study in these subjects, and it attempts to set forth some of the principles that should underlie methods of instruction and determine the selection of subject-matter. It is essentially a book for the use of teachers and supervisors of schools and for those who are preparing to be teachers. The subjects discussed consume by far the greater part of the time of both teachers and pupils in the elementary schools. To say that the teaching of these subjects should be as skillful as possible is a common place. Because of the difference in the quality of teaching, one class exercise in reading is of infinitely greater value than another class exercise. For the same reason, one school may be found to be inferior to another school, even in the same system. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.