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This issue looks at how innovative educators are working to build stronger connections between math and literacy instruction and students' own lives.
Real-World Learning: Creating Authentic Lessons in Math and Reading
News & Notes
Getting Real
The central objective of the educators we feature in this issue is to bring greater authenticity to math and literacy instruction.
Bringing Context To ELL Instruction
A Texas district employs an intensive professional development method to help regular educators engage English-language learners.
Professional Development Goes for a Walk
Teachers and administrators extol the virtues of "learning walks," in which groups of teachers visit other classrooms to learn best practices from their peers.
Teaching Avatars
Teacher-candidates at one university candidates can now practice in a virtual classroom before ever entering a real one.
Better Reading Through Writing
One way to improve students' reading skills is to work on their writing skills, according to a new report.
Your Future Colleagues?
South Korea hopes to have robot teachers in all of its 8,400 kindergarten classrooms by 2013.
Video Buffs
Math: It’s in the Cards
Can poker teach students math skills?
Wiring Algebra Instruction
A four-year study on classroom connectivity suggests that training algebra teachers in software that lets them monitor students’ work on graphing calculators can lead to higher student test-score results.
Coaching Up Reading Instruction
A study finds that putting literacy coaches in schools can help boost students' reading skills by as much as 32 percent over three years.
Websites to Know
Selected math and writing websites for teachers.
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