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PowerMyLearning Honors Student, Family, and Teacher at 2022 Innovative Learning Awards

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NEW YORK (PRWEB) MAY 16, 2022 — PowerMyLearning , a K-12 nonprofit that unlocks the power of collaboration between families, teachers and students, recognized Brooklyn Landmark Elementary for exemplary resilience throughout the pandemic. ” “Through PowerMyLearning, I’ve learned small yet impactful ways to better my instruction.

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CFY becomes PowerMyLearning

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While we were never about only providing “computers for youth,” we’ve become even more convinced over time that it is not just technology alone that powers learning. Rather it is students who power their own learning through a combination of technology and the people who matter most to their success – their families and their teachers.

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3 ways families can support students’ learning at home

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For parents and caregivers, supporting your child’s learning can be stressful. Research shows students who have families engaged in their learning are more likely to attend school regularly, have improved social skills and behavior, and achieve high levels of academic performance. Try “learning by teaching”.

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Free Family Engagement Tool For Impacted Schools and Districts

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PowerMyLearning, a national nonprofit, is committed to helping school and district leaders who are mobilizing to implement remote learning plans in response to COVID-19. We know how critical it is for you to support students’ learning while also keeping families connected. About Family Playlists.

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Want Students to Remember What They Learn? Have Them Teach It.

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Perhaps it’s the work of “learning by teaching,” also known as the Protégé Effect. I have recently become very interested in these questions because the Protégé Effect is something we are now trying to leverage at the nonprofit I work for, PowerMyLearning , which strengthens the triangle of student-family-teacher relationships.

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Time Is the Greatest Challenge to Teaching STEM. Families Can Help.

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An engineer by training, I wanted to learn more about the solutions available to help teachers like Ms. Exposure to science not only changes a child’s understanding of his or her own identity, but impacts learning and career trajectories.” Bringing Families Onboard It does not have to be robotics, 3D printers or coding.

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What Students Gain When They See Parents Struggle

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An emerging trend is to embed social-emotional learning (SEL) skills like persistence into curriculum rather than teaching SEL separately. And then there’s the approach we’ve taken at PowerMyLearning, the nonprofit I run in New York City. But to my surprise, the strongest lesson that Dalton felt her students learned was persistence.