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ADHD in the Classroom: How to Teach and Support Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Waterford

A survey of educators found that the majority lack enough information and classroom management strategies for students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and that they don’t feel capable to help them.[2] For elementary school teachers, here are a few early signs of ADHD to look for:[14]. Low self-control. Evans, W.N.,

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Gifted classes may not help talented students move ahead faster

The Hechinger Report

But a large survey of 2,000 elementary schools in three states found that not much advanced content is actually being taught to gifted students. It’s important to point out that the researchers only surveyed schools and district administrators; they didn’t actually analyze the content or quality of gifted curriculum.

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Teachers' Essential Guide to Cyberbullying Prevention

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Reported data on how many kids experience cyberbullying can vary depending on the age of kids surveyed and how cyberbullying is defined. This could be tips on how to respond to cyberbullying (for elementary school or middle and high school ) or the phone number for the Crisis Text Line. How common is cyberbullying?

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Experiences in Self-Determined Learning: Moving from Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0

User Generated Education

Even though heutagogy is usually defined and described for adult learners, given these times where we are living with open education resources and information abundance , learners as young as the elementary level have the potential to engage in educational experiences based on heutagogy. Retrieved from [link]. Schachter, R. 2013, December).

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Teachers' Essential Guide to Cyberbullying Prevention

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Reported data on how many kids experience cyberbullying can vary depending on the age of kids surveyed and how cyberbullying is defined. This could be tips on how to respond to cyberbullying (for elementary school or middle and high school ) or the phone number for the Crisis Text Line. How common is cyberbullying?

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Teachers' Essential Guide to Cyberbullying Prevention

Graphite Blog

Reported data on how many kids experience cyberbullying can vary depending on the age of kids surveyed and how cyberbullying is defined. This could be tips on how to respond to cyberbullying (for elementary school or middle and high school ) or the phone number for the Crisis Text Line. How common is cyberbullying?

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Can this rural high school ‘drop the drama’?

The Hechinger Report

To some, this might sound like little more than classic “Mean Girls” behavior, as immortalized in the 2004 cult teen flick, but it can include mean boys, too. Pittsfield conducts an annual survey asking kids how they feel about their school, which serves grades 7 to 12. Jenny Wellington, English teacher, Pittsfield Middle High School.