The DALI summits are on hiatus for the summer and will pick up again in October. But my colleagues in the editorial department are as busy as ever. I’m especially excited about a new monthly Q&A/interview column appearing in District Administration magazine called On Topic, which kicks off...
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Thu, 2013-05-23 15:06
October 2-5, 2013
Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort
Naples, Fla.
November 6-9, 2013
Hilton Hill Country
San Antonio, Texas
February 26-March 1, 2014
Location TBD
March 26-29, 2014
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Thu, 2013-05-23 14:27
This summit session is a dialogue about proven content, powerful tools and practical services to support 21st-century learners, align instruction to Common Core standards, and prepare students for the next generation of assessments.
Thu, 2013-05-23 14:20
Research in second-language acquisition and cognitive psychology has shown that, to be successful in foreign-language learning, students need rich and frequent opportunities to interact in the target language in a purposeful way.
Thu, 2013-05-23 14:16
MDR and K12 recently conducted a survey of school and district administrators regarding their online learning programs. This report highlights the best practices and lessons learned in implementing online programs in K12 schools.
Thu, 2013-05-23 14:11
In his Colorado Springs Summit presentation, Jaime Casap, senior education evangelist for Google, spoke about educational vision and how districts can jump-start their shift to a technology-pervasive learning environment to create a generation of problem solvers.
Thu, 2013-05-23 14:03
The adoption of the Common Core State Standards will require a large-scale, institutional change that many schools and districts may not yet recognize. This white paper offers thought leadership on the strategy, structure, and processes needed for implementation of true standards-based...
Thu, 2013-05-23 13:49
This one-page overview illustrates how MindPlay Virtual Reading Coach helps you meet the requirements of RtI: from testing and data management to delivering reading instruction. MVRC makes RtI both easy and effective in your school.
Thu, 2013-05-23 13:40
In this Colorado Springs session, Matthew Peterson, chief technology officer and co-founder of MIND Research Institute, shows DALI members the importance of building powerful perception schemas that help students learn math through online problem-solving games, and increase their math scores....
Thu, 2013-05-23 13:32
St. Vrain closed the reading gap and reduced the number of students at risk by adopting the MyON Reader program, resulting in significant growth in reading ability across the entire district. Hear Superintendent Don Haddad and Assistant Superintendent Regina Renaldi talk about the advancements...
Fri, 2013-05-17 13:52
Tim Baird, superintendent of Encinitas (Calif.) USD, thought his district was doing a good thing last year when it created a yoga program to help students in all nine of its K6 elementary schools get additional exercise throughout the day. The stretching and movement not only helped the kids...
Fri, 2013-04-26 01:41
St. Vrain closed the reading gap and reduced the number of students at risk by adopting the MyON Reader program, resulting in significant growth in reading ability across the entire district. Hear Superintendent Don Haddad and Assistant Superintendent Regina Renaldi talk about the advancements...
Thu, 2013-04-25 14:40
In this session, Matthew Peterson, chief technology officer and co-founder of MIND Research Institute, shows DALI members the importance of building powerful perception schemas that help students learn math by doing and increase their math scores.
Thu, 2013-04-25 10:06
Research in second-language acquisition and cognitive psychology has shown in the last decades that to be successful in foreign-language learning, students need, through exposure to authentic, comprehensible input, rich and frequent opportunities to interact in the target language in a...
Thu, 2013-04-25 09:49
In his Colorado Springs Summit presentation, Jaime Casap, senior education evangelist for Google, spoke about educational vision and how districts can jump-start their shift to a technology-pervasive learning environment to create a generation of problem solvers.
Thu, 2013-04-25 09:44
This one-page overview illustrates how MindPlay Virtual Reading Coach helps you meet the requirements of RtI: from testing and data management to delivering reading instruction. MVRC makes RtI both easy and effective in your school.
Thu, 2013-04-25 09:26
As students count the weeks until school is out, now is the time to plan how you can stay connected with them all summer long. We’ve heard some great stories over the years at the summits about districts sending kids home with laptops to help with summer projects, connecting them with digital...
Branford (Conn.) District Improves Teacher Evaluation
Wed, 2013-04-24 16:23
Branford (Conn.) Public Schools is successfully transforming its teacher evaluation system into a program more about constructive teacher improvement and less about state evaluation compliance. We were intrigued and decided to follow up with Superintendent Hamlet Hernandez on the details of the...
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Wed, 2013-04-24 15:54
Pia Durkin, superintendent, Attleboro (Mass.) Public Schools, talks about good writing being the key to empowering critical thinking. Hear how, with the help of Empowering Writers, she embarked on an aggressive reform agenda that resulted in steadily increasing achievement in all grades,...
Wed, 2013-04-24 10:21
The adoption of the Common Core State Standards will require a large-scale, institutional change that many schools and districts may not yet recognize. This white paper offers thought leadership on the strategy, structure, and processes needed for implementation of true standards-based...