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Introducing Skills for Secondary School Success
Skills for Secondary School Success is a free, evidence-based, classroom-ready program designed to help young people strengthen the skills they need to meet academic and social challenges in school and beyond. Developed by Johns Hopkins University education researchers with federal support and years of input from classroom teachers, Skills for Secondary School Success helps students build […]
On Track to Career Success Playbook
This Playbook is designed primarily for secondary schools and their community organizations, higher education peers, and workforce partners. Our hope is that the Playbook serves as a practical and applicable resource for most types of school settings, including those that serve students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. The Playbook is the result of engaging students and […]
On Track to Career Success
On Track to Career Success Participation Feedback Results On Track to Career Success has prepared The On Track to Career Success Participation Feedback Results. It reports the key insights on how the OTCS partnership impacted students in New Mexico. The objective is to understand the experiences and the impact of participation, providing insights that will […]
Fixing No Child Left Behind: Innovation to Better Meet the Needs of Students (Roundtable)
Dr. Robert Balfanz testified before the US Senate HELP Committee on February 3, 2015. The hearing was a roundtable on Fixing No Child Left Behind: Innovation to Better Meet the Needs of Students. The hearing was live streamed via the HELP website. It can be found here. Read a transcript of Dr. Balfanz’ testimony, available […]
Curriculum to Accelerate Learning and Close Skill Gaps
Struggling students can advance more rapidly and graduate prepared for college with additional instruction in literacy and mathematics, and curriculum specifically designed to identify, address and close their skill gaps. Talent Development has developed courses that provide 9th, 10th, and 11th graders who need it with a double-dose in English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics. […]
Extra Help Labs with Computer Assisted Instruction
The ALFA Lab at the high school level and the Savvy Readers Lab and Computer and Team-Assisted Math Acceleration (CATAMA) lab in the middle grades relieve the pressure on teachers to slow down teaching in heterogeneous classes because they know that students who need intensive extra help will receive it in the labs. Each lab […]
Hands-On, Minds-On History and Science for Middle Grades
Talent Development Secondary provides guidance for curricular support across disciplines. At the middle grades level, this includes support for science and social studies. The Talent Development Middle Grades (TDMG) United States history curriculum brings together the award-winning, ten-volume series A History of US by Joy Hakim and ten teaching guides, resource books, and web-based lessons […]
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