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Curriculum Connections

• Wide range of developmental maturity makes it difficult to develop a specific schedule for curriculum mastery
• Should accommodate all learners
• Classes that nurture creativity, health intelligence, and financial intelligence should be encorporated
• Should offer more social and emotional skill-building

Assessment Connections

• Students need to have more practice time
• Learning-to-learn strategies are essential to real-world success
• There is little evidence that better test takers do better in life
• The process of learning should be valued as much as the outcome of it

Staff Development

• Teacher effectiveness will improve student achievment
• Instructional strategies should include ways to strengthen memories
• Teach in shorter bursts to stress the relevance of the content
• Breaks, sleep, and orchestrated pauses help solidify learning
• Understand the effect of prior knowledge and aeal with it at the beginning of the lesson
• Make differentiation and customization the norm in the classroom

Teacher Support and Retention

• Quality professional development
• Provide better career opprotunities
• Provide stress reduction tools
• Allow time and structure for support and sharing
• Administrators should take care of teachers so that the teachers will take care of the students
• New teachers need accountability, coaching, and feedback