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Stanford Debuts Online Communication Course for K-12 Teachers

THE Journal: Stanford University's Graduate School of Education has unveiled a new online course, Effective Conversation in the Classroom, designed to help K-12 educators learn to create rich and meaningful conversations in their classrooms.

"Each session includes expert video screencasts, classroom video clips, readings and resources and assignments that will help participants create a strong foundation of communication within the classroom," according to a news release. "The course has been developed by Understanding Language/SCALE, a Stanford research and practice center focused on K-12 language and performance assessment. The teaching team consists of Stanford Professor Emeritus Kenji Hakuta, Senior Researcher Dr. Jeff Zwiers and Lecturer Dr. Sara Rutherford-Quach."

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