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The First Days of the School Year: It’s About the Learners Not the Content

User Generated Education

To put into practice what I discussed above, I am going to have my gifted 3rd-6th grade students do the following Hyperdoc starting with our first meeting together. 2010; Cowan, 2012; Lohr & Haley, 2018; Sadera et al., Knowing our students is fundamental to real differentiation ( 6 Strategies For Getting To Know Your Students ).

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Passionate About Second Language Acquisition: Meet Inkeri, English Teacher at 51Talk

EdNews Daily

After completing undergraduate school in 2001, I began my teaching career as a substitute teacher at various Oregon districts. In 2010, I completed an MA in Applied Linguistics with a certification in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) as well as earning an ELL (English Language Learner) endorsement for K-8 students.

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Understanding, Teaching, and Reaching Digital Native Students—and Digital Native Caregivers

Waterford

10] They are less likely to believe face-to-face meetings (when possible) are the best way to discuss their students, and are more accepting of digital methods. October 2001. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2010, 43(1), pp. That notion is backed by research. Adobe Blog. September 2018. Getting to Know Gen Z.”

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The Value of Listening in the Classroom: How to Teach Your Students Active Listening

Waterford

Provide students with an opportunity to model active listening skills by holding regular classroom meetings.[7] 7] The subject of these meetings (anything from class policies to recent academic topics) doesn’t matter so much as the structure. 2010, 2(3), pp. Language Arts Journal of Michigan, 2001, 17(2), pp.

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OPINION: The fight for Black lives needs to happen in schools

The Hechinger Report

The suicide rate among 13- to 30-year-olds is growing fastest in the Black community, rising over 50 percent between 2010 and 2019. A study in The Journal for Community Health found that the rate of death by suicide among Black girls ages 13 to 19 rose 182 percent between 2001 and 2017. And we have never needed it more.

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Will Philadelphia Education Survive?

Philly Teacher

Overflow crowd from the August 15, 2013 SRC meeting. Here is a run-down: 2001. January 23, 2010. January 28, 2010. March 2010. March-May 2010. My colleagues and I survive a number of meetings with various District staff who have no answers about the future of our jobs or our school community.

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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

10 Percent — Yearly increase in the percent of students achieving basic scores on state tests required by No Child Left Behind Act in 2010. They tended to cite a combination of their own optimism coupled with pressure from state officials, who in turn were pressured to meet the federal educational goals set in No Child Left Behind.