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This Is Your Brain on Math: The Science Behind Culturally Responsive Instruction

Edsurge

I refer to those epiphanies, when the metaphorical light bulb above a student’s head switches on, as “luminations.” Many of those luminations surfaced because the lessons my students engaged with were designed to promote student inquiry and prioritize cultural relevance.

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GoGuardian Finds Three Factors That influence K-12 Student Engagement Online and In-Person

eSchool News

Through this eight-month research project, they identified the factors that impact an engaging learning experience and strategies that school boards, administrators and teachers can implement to help improve student engagement. Because the COVID-19 Pandemic has restructured U.S.

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As states adopt science of reading, one group calls for better teacher training, curriculum

eSchool News

Meanwhile, just nine states require that districts adopt high-quality reading curriculum, NCTQ’s analysis found. Other advocacy groups have laid out different priorities for reading instruction. Even fewer programs provide opportunities for student teachers to practice those skills.

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PROOF POINTS: New poll points to college and career benefits of Greek life despite criticism

The Hechinger Report

A new Gallup poll, commissioned by two advocacy organizations, finds that fraternity and sorority members were more likely to say they formed relationships with mentors and professors, were extremely active in extracurricular activities and worked in internships where they could apply what they were learning in their college classes.

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Improving Social-Emotional Learning by Teaching Executive Function

edWeb.net

He believes executive function skills should be taught early on through a “marriage” with SEL so that students have as many tools and resources as possible. His district now has student engagement specialists working in schools, where they serve as “relationship experts” who can help students, teachers, and parents work more effectively.

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Eyes on the Future: Building on COVID Lessons for Enriched Teaching and Learning

edWeb.net

Student engagement suffered. Over time, the need to quickly adapt led to heightened online student engagement, according to a CatchOn survey of 47 school districts from January 2020 to January 2021. Logged On but Logged Out: Are Students Engaged? If they are logged in, are they engaged?

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Why Young Children Should Learn Engineering

edWeb.net

The engineering process involves several steps, though, from asking questions to determining if what the students built solves the problem. Keith calls it a creative process, where even the youngest students engage in problem solving and asking themselves, “what if?”.