Proficiency Based Education: Educators at more than two dozen Oregon high schools are teaching and grading their students in a new way that they say ramps up how much students learn and retain.
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TURN is a nationwide network of more than 50 union locals promoting progressive reforms in education and in teacher unions - to improve student acheivement, increase teacher connectivity, and elevate teachers' voices within the education reform debate. TURN is developing a network of Regional Networks to address key areas that are integral to the building of learning communities within TURN and transforming the culture within teacher unions to better serve teachers and their students:
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Group Development in Cyberspace: Groups ranging in size from a few people to thousands and millions within a “community” are forming within cyberspace. Many of the classic social-psychological principles of group dynamics can be applied in understanding and improving the functioning of these groups - such as issues concerning leadership, communication patterns, group boundaries, cohesion, alliances and subgroupings.