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Using Technology To Teach Kids About Troubleshooting Vehicle Problems

Ask a Tech Teacher

adults consistently perform worse in digital problem solving compared to their counterparts in other nations, according to a report from the National Center for Education Statistics. This nature of affairs is possibly, in part, due to the limited emphasis on teaching problem-solving skills in school. Start With The Basics.

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The pandemic knocked many Native students off the college track

The Hechinger Report

Newcomb High School is a public school located in the Navajo Nation, around 70 miles south of the Four Corners Monument where New Mexico meets Arizona, Colorado and Utah, in a school district that spans almost 3,000 square miles. National figures tell a similar tale. We were just trying to get through.”. racial group. Read the series.

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Why teachers don’t need to ban ChatGPT or AI tools in the classroom (and what to do instead)

The Cornerstone for Teachers

The most prominent AI program used by students might be ChatGPT, but also might be SnapChat’s “My AI” chatbot (embedded into the app), Chat AI (advertised as an AI Chatbot and Essay Writer Bot), or Wonder (an AI Art Generator competing with the popular WOMBO Dream AI Art Generator app). How will I express and demonstrate this to students?

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OPINION: A Black principal’s case against educator neutrality

The Hechinger Report

An unabashed homegrown bigotry took over the national stage. Over the past four years of former President Donald Trump’s administration, resistance took on urgent, even life-or-death, importance. We lived through an attempted coup incited at the highest level of government. Related: Teachers go to school on racial bias.

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STUDENT VOICE: My college helped saved me so I can get a job saving others

The Hechinger Report

The writer at her graduation. I graduated in February 2021 and have a nationally recognized credential. Just 10 months earlier, I had moved to Texas to live with relatives while I pursued an education and career in health care. Unfortunately, my living arrangement quickly became abusive, and I was forced to leave.

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It’s ALL a Process – Why the Writing Process helps EVERYONE

Knowledge Avatars K-12

It encouraged writers to spend more time and energy to focus on their topic and their use of language (i.e., Armed with this assistance, I began to teach writing in various Boston public high schools, including the vaunted Boston Latin School (the oldest public school in the nation) and some that were deemed turnaround schools (i.e.,

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OPINION: Many rural schools have been ‘minimally adequate’ for too long

The Hechinger Report

Later, I became a professional writer. Related: COLUMN: National test scores reveal a decade of educational stagnation. Alan Richard, a national education writer who contributes occasionally to The Hechinger Report, serves on the board of the nonprofit Rural School and Community Trust. My colleague literally wept.

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