Waterford

APRIL 6, 2021

Read on to learn more about the emotional and academic benefits of musical education. Then, discover kid-friendly books and activities about music that are perfect for elementary classrooms. How Music Affects Brain Development and Social-Emotional Learning. In addition, music education is linked to social-emotional development.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 12, 2018

In my previous blog on the subject , we explored some of the better online resources for the elementary school teacher hoping to blend their elementary school classroom. Why is digital PBL so rare in foundational and elementary phases? Ms Foley is now a professor in the Education Department of Grand Canyon University.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Dell Black Friday and Year Long Education Deals. Did you know that Dell has a cost-free education discount program offered to educators and their friends and family all year long? Too much education is received passively, and Jon knows from both research and experience that students learn best when they are active participants.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

The following three sections detail the range of best practices found by researchers to be critical for ensuring educator growth and success: Effective Administrator and Teacher Leadership. 2004; Alliance for Excellent Education, 2011 ). educators, and Catherine Lewis, who conducts academic research on lesson study.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

The Research About Keeping Teachers First, let’s dive into some research about how to help teachers thrive (and not quit teaching.) Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 36(4), 476–500. Review of Educational Research, 81(2), 201–233; Headden, S. Postsecondary education descriptive analysis report.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 23, 2023

In today’s increasingly diverse and interconnected world, conversations about race, diversity, and inclusion have become essential components of education. As teachers and educators, we bear the responsibility of facilitating these critical discussions with our students. Be ready to explain these concepts in age-appropriate ways.

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Strategy Examples Elementary Classroom 98

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

As misleading news reports, misinformation and false data spread throughout the world, students of all ages need better instruction on how to assess media and data. Peter Adams, senior vice president of education, News Literacy Project. We’re teaching web credibility as if it’s 2002,” he said.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Dysart Unified’s preschool program for students with disabilities , which is offered at each of its elementary schools and staffed with teams of teachers, therapists and paraprofessionals, has become a model for Arizona. Some children do so well in these programs they no longer need special education services by the time they enter school.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

The hope is that if kids can become proficient in reading early on, they’ll be much more likely to succeed in all of their subjects, from science to social studies, because students need to know how to read to learn the material. Higher Education. Sign up for Jill Barshay's Proof Points newsletter. Choose as many as you like.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

As an educator, Jared Cotton has worn nearly as many hats as Dr. Seuss’s Bartholomew Cubbins—elementary math and science teacher, assistant principal, principal, district director of assessment and accountability, assistant superintendent, superintendent. Which isn’t to say that the readership of educators has been entirely forgotten.

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Broadband Technology Assessment iPad 98

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Pam Moran has been a leader in education reform in Virginia over the past several years as the state moved from testing to transformation. Pam, what is an update on what has happened with education reform in Virginia since we last talked? They flipped to one-to-one sometime around 2002. Update on Testing Reform in Virginia.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

Listen to Jennifer Gonzalez talk about 5 tech tools every educator should try in 2017. chief innovation officer of CUE, who has helped train 32,000 educators since he’s been there. So I’m going to take you back in my way back machine, in the year 2002; I’m minding my own business, teaching sixth grade, doing Latin roots.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

elementary and middle school classrooms, learning and understanding the language of mathematics can be a challenge. Also as a passionate educator, she revitalized the North Bay CUE affiliate and served as president for three years. Kelly Urlacher started her education career as a teacher in 2002. For many of the 4.5

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MindShift

MAY 14, 2018

30, 2016 was a big day for Lake Canyon Elementary. Lake Canyon Elementary School ceremony assigning students to a house. In addition to allowing for “much more individualized responses,” he said, the house system helps replicate the coherence of the elementary experience. Katie Fewell Photography). Samantha Shanahan/KQED).

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Meghan Groves, a teacher at Washington-Lee Elementary School, in Bristol, Virginia, leads her first graders in “closing circle,” where they talk about how their day went. Higher Education. Education officials also cite the counseling and mental-health services the school receives from a handful of local organizations. “It

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2018

This story about preschool was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the USA TODAY NETWORK-FLORIDA and the Naples Daily News. The academy is able to provide smart boards due to funding from the Naples Winter Wine Festival.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The idea behind the Muñiz Academy, named for the longtime principal of Boston’s first dual-language elementary school (the Rafael Hernandez K-8 school), was that many Hispanic students would do better in schools that support their cultural background and, with it, the Spanish language. It feels much better like that,” Oniel says.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

Even in states that allocate education funding for capital construction the money is typically a limited pot of funds rather than a guarantee. The state cuts to education funding began long before the recession, and districts have yet to recover, he added. In the elementary school, art classes were cut. million annually.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 7, 2019

The Global Leadership Summit will provide participants with the unique opportunity to: Develop the capacity to lead classrooms and educational systems that foster in students the will and the skill to tackle problems of real-world significance locally and globally. Design creative ways to advocate and implement global learning initiatives.

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EdTechSandyK

DECEMBER 2, 2009

The following was written as a reflection on what I learned during the second week of the Teaching With Technology course I am currently taking as part of my masters in educational technology leadership program. 6) was again reaffirming what I have come to know as best practices in the use of technology in instruction.

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MindShift

MAY 23, 2016

One after another, these young women, who had all graduated from an urban high school serving many kids living in poverty, described how math class made them feel safe, heard and able to express their ideas without fear. “I I felt like they cared for me,” said Martha Hernandez, who graduated in 2002 and is now a social worker.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

In Loudoun County, Virginia, fourth-graders from Goshen Post Elementary School took up the challenge personally. The story offers a good example of how education is shifting as we wrap up two decades of the 21st century. The third and current phase of the 21st century learning movement is all about “empowerment,” says Kay.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2022

As founder of the Center for Education Market Dynamics, Livingston has spent the better part of two decades thinking about how to get edtech innovations to the students who need them most. I'd much rather they build for Abbott Elementary than for Palo Alto High School. That’s no surprise given his credentials.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Please mark your calendars for November 18 - 22 for the fourth annual Global Education Conference ( [link] ). 3, and Connected Educator Month in October--how are we still standing?!) , but we''re raring to go now, and we hope you are, too! Please join us! See you online! The Charter was launched in November 2009.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2016

“Five and six year old children are inheritors of poverty’s curse and not its creators,” Johnson told his audience as he explained that the federal government would be, for the first time, funding education and health services for children living in poverty in the form of a public preschool program. But the U.S.

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Buncee

JUNE 23, 2021

There are a lot of buzzwords in education right now, and some represent passing fads of the latest and greatest, but others are research-backed, proven, and here to stay. As stated on the Network for Educator Effectiveness (NEE) website, “NEE focuses on teaching practices that research shows have a large effect size. Self-Awareness.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

The ninth annual Global Education Conference starts this coming Monday! This is an amazing and free online event that brings together educators and innovators from around the world. The hidden treasure of the Global Education Conference is volunteering--you will love it! LOTS of information below! Go to [link] 4.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2024

This is an adapted excerpt from “School Moms: Parent Activism, Partisan Politics and the Battle for Public Education” by Laura Pappano. On October 25, 2021, using his power as chair of the Texas House Committee on General Investigating, Krause sent a letter to the Texas Education Agency and to school districts listing some 850 books.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2016

Luis Antonio Hernandez reads a story about Cinco de Mayo to students in Christy Crotwell’s first grade class at Morton Elementary School. In a state that ranks at or near the bottom in education spending nationwide, it can be a challenge just to maintain buildings and stock classrooms with basic supplies. Photo: Ben Stocking.

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