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How to Differentiate Instruction in Elementary Math

The CoolCatTeacher

Understandably, kindergarten and elementary teachers need to reach every student where they are on their learning journey, but it isn't always easy. Episode 793 - The 10 Minute Teacher Podcast How to Differentiate Math Instruction in the Elementary Classroom Dr. Carol Ann Tomlinson. eSpark is free forever for teachers.

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PROOF POINTS: Tracing Black-white achievement gaps since the Brown decision

The Hechinger Report

Students are expected to have learned to read by age 9, which corresponds to third or fourth grade in elementary school. The gap between white and Black students hasn't improved much since 2008. As students moved from elementary to middle school, the improvement in reading for Black students was dramatic in the 1970s and 1980s.

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How to Bring Back the Arts and Boost Academic Achievement Through STEAM Curriculum

Waterford

Did you know that music lessons can help students excel in STEM ? Over four million elementary school children receive no visual arts lessons in the classroom.[6] As an elementary teacher, it may seem tough to find time for art lessons when your school schedule is already filled with core subjects.

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PROOF POINTS: Schools staff up as student enrollment drops

The Hechinger Report

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift In the past decade, the population of elementary, middle and high school students in Massachusetts dropped by 42,000 while the number of school employees grew by 18,000. That’s because Americans made fewer babies after the 2008 recession. What’s behind the apparent imbalance? Follow the money.

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Play is crucial for middle schoolers, too

The Hechinger Report

In Fairfax County, Virginia, thousands of middle school students experience what most of their peers leave behind in elementary school — recess. Middle school students in Robert Lane’s STEM class dig through a box of supplies for a class project. Lane the STEM Guy.” CHANTILLY, Va. – This story also appeared in Mind/Shift.

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Foreign Language Classes are Becoming More Scarce

Digital Promise

I suspect this may stem from knowledge of the fact that English is widely spoken and studied throughout the world. In his book, “Educating Global Citizens in Colleges and Universities,” historian Peter Stearns has written that Americans are “legendary” for being reluctant to learn another language. Most students in the U.S.

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Osmo From BYJU’s Names Peter Glovin Senior Vice President of Educational Sales

eSchool News

While we’ve seen tremendous support from kindergarten and elementary teachers in the past five years who individually purchased Osmo to use inside classrooms across the country, we’d love to build sales and begin support for the education community at the district level.”.

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