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Keyboarding Basics Part 1

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An overview of research says elementary and middle schoolage students are cognitively, emotionally, and physically capable of learning and excelling at keyboarding skills. Is elementary school too early—or too late? This conclusion was reinforced by Feutz (2001). 2 What is the best age to introduce keyboarding?

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Who Does School Reform Serve?

Edsurge

Camika Royal knows the Philadelphia school system, and not just because she was a student there in her childhood. Her takeaway: Fights over control of school leadership, including a takeover of Philadelphia schools by the state legislature in 2001, are more about politics than about improving education.

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Achieving Equity Through Systems, Strategies, and Educational Justice

edWeb.net

Srinivas Khedam, Assistant Principal and Asian Indian Coordinator in the district; and Cathi Davis, Principal of the district’s Ruby Bridges Elementary School. Systems, Strategies, and an Equity Framework. Three key elements then used for proceeding with equity work are systems leadership, strategic planning, and an equity framework.

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I’m a first-year teacher. How can I find success in the classroom?

eSchool News

Today, during parent-teacher conferences, a parent approached me and asked, “Did you used to teach at Meramec Elementary School?” She told me her name and I was transported back to 2001 when this 10-year-old wore two long braids and smiled all the time. Will your behavior management system convey feelings of superiority and exclusion?

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I’m a first-year teacher. How do I become successful in the classroom?

eSchool News

Today, during parent-teacher conferences, a parent approached me and asked, “Did you used to teach at Meramec Elementary School?” She told me her name and I was transported back to 2001 when this 10-year-old wore two long braids and smiled all the time. Will your behavior management system convey feelings of superiority and exclusion?

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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. Being raised in a bilingual Finnish/English home and having attended elementary school in Finland for several months at a time, I chose to apply to teaching positions in my mother’s native country of Finland.

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The science of catching up

The Hechinger Report

A 2020 review of 100 tutoring programs found that intensive tutoring is particularly helpful at improving students’ reading skills during the early elementary years, and most effective in math for slightly older children. When the No Child Left Behind law was first passed in 2001, schools got extra money to tutor students who were behind.

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