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Classnotes is IDRA’s free award-winning podcast series for educators and public school advocates that explores issues facing U.S. education today and strategies to better serve every student.
Classnotes Podcast (February 13, 2009) Recently, Education Week released it’s annual Quality Counts report, Portrait of a Population, with a focus … read more
Read MoreClassnotes Podcast (February 2, 2009) Children’s literature can capture children’s hearts, making their encounters with reading fun and instructive. In … read more
Read MoreClassnotes Podcast (January 16, 2009) Engaging parents about their children’s math education is not about teaching them how to do … read more
Read MoreClassnotes Podcast (December 18, 2008) School counselors are in a unique position to support high school students in navigating the … read more
Read MoreClassnotes Podcast (November 21, 2008) What happens in the classroom powerfully impacts students’ perceptions of science. When worksheets are the … read more
Read MoreClassnotes Podcast (November 7, 2008) Engaging families typically is a difficult task for high schools. But it can be done. The … read more
Read MoreClassnotes Podcast (October 21, 2008) With schools losing one-third of their students on average, dropout prevention programs, even the most effective … read more
Read MoreClassnotes Podcast (October 14, 2008) The promise of access to college and to educational technology has not been fulfilled for … read more
Read MoreClassnotes Podcast (September 15, 2008) The most important questions of all are those asked by students as they try to … read more
Read MoreClassnotes Podcast (September 2, 2008) Becoming a good teacher is a process that requires years of experience and commitment. But … read more
Read MoreClassnotes Podcast (July 23, 2008) School outreach workers often find themselves struggling to get parents to come to the school … read more
Read MoreClassnotes Podcast (July 9, 2008) The summer marks the 36th anniversary of Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex … read more
Read MoreClassnotes Podcast (June 18, 2008) Clearly much of our math instruction is not producing the results we need. Things need … read more
Read MoreClassnotes Podcast (June 3, 2008) With schools losing one-third to one-half of their students, schools and communities around the country … read more
Read MoreClassnotes Podcast (May 19, 2008) Teachers actually can strengthen science learning by not giving students the answers. Discovery learning supports and … read more
Read MoreClassnotes Podcast (April 29, 2008) Students in a large, urban high school came together to survey other students about their … read more
Read MoreClassnotes Podcast (April 17, 2008) Teachers have been teaching children to read throughout history. But 10 years ago, the National … read more
Read MoreClassnotes Podcast (April 3, 2008) A group of parents were deeply concerned about the math curriculum and instruction at their … read more
Read MoreClassnotes Podcast (March 13, 2008) In building a student council and other leadership groups, school leaders generally select students with … read more
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