Education and Educators | Cradle to Career Roadmap

Education plays a significant role in our local communities as well as in society as a whole. Educated individuals typically have better job opportunities and are economically successful adults.

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Youth.gov

Youth.gov provides a series of resources and information surrounding various youth topics. Website users can engage with other youth, implement evidence-based programming, and locate program funding in their community.

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Forgotten Purpose: Civics Education in Public Schools

This is an article describing the lack of civics instruction in public schools and its potential impact.

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Get Ready to Read!

Get Ready to Read! is a website designed for parents and educators to support children between birth and five years of age. The resources included are intended to develop early literacy skills.

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Developmental Milestones for 4-Year-Olds

This article benchmarks a series of milestones for a typical four-year-old.

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12-24 Months: Social-Emotional Development

This article details parenting best-practices to support toddlers' developing skills.

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Reducing Student Stress: 6 Ways Parents Can Help High School Students

Help your teens better manage school stress, especially during the college-focused junior and senior years. To that end, here are 6 practical things parents can do.

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Ten Ways to Promote the Language and Communication Skills of Infants and Toddlers

This one-page document provides parents, family members, and educators with ten concrete ways to promote and develop child communication.

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Marzano 13 Teaching Best Practices

Edmentum presents 13 best practices based on Marzano's research on effective teaching strategies. Adopting these practices can help teachers effectively engage with their students in an online or blended environment and get the most out of online tools.

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Stuck in the Middle

This article discusses the middle school achievement gap and reviews a study completed in New York City public middle schools and K-8 schools.

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High Schools Try to Make Better Use of Senior Year

Instead of warehousing 12th-graders, some schools try to give them study and life skills. Learn more from this article by Matt Krupnick.

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Association for Middle Level Education

The Association for Middle Level Education offers a variety of topics related to academic and personal & social readiness for middle school age students.

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California League of Schools

CLS is dedicated to helping K-12 educators improve student learning through useful, evidence-based professional development and other resources.

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Students as Professionals, Prepare Learners for a Global Workforce

This article by Yi Zheng reviews the ways in which schools can prepare their students for a global workforce.

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Best Practices in Online Math and Reading Instruction

To support teachers and staff in the event of ongoing school closures and virtual instruction, Hanover Research presents researched and anecdotal best practices for delivering online math and reading instruction to students in Grades K-12.

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Embracing the UDL Classroom: 4 Steps to A More Flexible Education

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) can make learning more accessible to more students. This article provides 4 steps to implement UDL into a classroom.

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Early Education Resources and Publications

The Early Education Division at the California Department of Education (CDE) provides an array of Early Education Resources that include Infant/Toddler Resources, Parent Resources, and Preschool Resources.

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Taking Center Stage - ACT II

The California Department of Education hosts a portal for middle grades educators with recommendations for success, information on standards and testing, and additional references and resources.

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UDL: A Systematic Approach to Supporting Diverse Learners

An introduction to Universal Design for Learning to support diverse students.

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Best Practices in Grading and Reporting

This slide deck of a previously recorded webinar focuses on proficiency-based learning and its impact on grades.

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A Guide to Classroom Technologies That Increase Learning

This article includes links to a plethora of resources to support assistive technology, blended learning, and educational technology tools in the classroom.

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What Students Say is Good Teaching (College)

Harry Brighouse shares instructional practices that undergraduates say they have rarely encountered and think should be more widely shared.

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10 Effective Developmentally Appropriate Practice Teaching Strategies

This is a list of 10 developmentally appropriate practices (DAP) to improve teaching and learning. An infographic with the strategies is included.

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5 Research-Based Practices for Kindergarten and First Grade

This article presents research-based techniques every kindergarten and first grade teacher should be using in their classroom.

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101 Things I've Learned So Far in Teaching

Terry Heick shares a list of teaching tips and suggestions. Many are practical, some are observational, but all are worth the time to review.