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How to use digital textbooks in the K-12 classroom

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You can also share specific texts with individual students or small groups to differentiate instruction and personalize learning. Third grade language arts – “Native American Stories” This elementary digital textbook has ten 80-minute lessons, which can be broken up to fit shorter class sessions.

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Pandemic May (Finally) Push Online Education Into Teacher Prep Programs

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It’s an opportunity for the future teachers who are enrolled at the college to apply what they learn in class in a practical setting, testing out lesson plans with real elementary students. McGhee, assistant clinical professor of elementary education at Auburn University. This year, camp is canceled due to COVID-19. McGhee says.

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Contact Tracing? Sports? Experts Explain School Reopening Research and Recommendations

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In February, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its operational strategy guide for K-12 schools, a collection of prevention strategies and implementation tips for safe in-person learning. That same month, the U.S. That could be a random sample of teachers and students.

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When the future of learning includes teacher training, too

The Hechinger Report

Fourth grade teacher Milton Bryant works with students in a small group during a blended learning session at Ketcham Elementary School. Some districts have taken a page from the “flipped learninghandbook, asking teachers to read background materials or watch videos in advance of actual seminars. Photo: Nichole Dobo).

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The newest form of school discipline: Kicking kids out of class and into virtual learning

The Hechinger Report

In Toppenish School District in Washington State, serving Yakima County, however, the transfer of a student to online learning for 10 to 20 school days is used as a top-tier disciplinary sanction, according to its student handbook. The district did not respond to requests for comment. “I Louis, in the spring of 2022.

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Is recess a right or a privilege?

The Hechinger Report

But, on any given day, an untold number of children in elementary schools nationwide have all or part of their recess revoked for infractions such as failing to finish their work, talking out of turn or not following directions. Children play during recess at a Louisville, Kentucky elementary school. That’s not appropriate,” Lisa said.

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Civil rights at stake: Black, Hispanic students blocked from class for missing class

The Hechinger Report

Related: Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out. Renee Ryon, spokeswoman for Dysart Unified, said discipline for attendance violations is clearly described in the student handbook. Either students come to class on time, or they are marked tardy or absent,” Ryon said via email.

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