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Supporting Multilingual Learners in Early Elementary Education

Waterford

” Scientific Studies of Reading, 2005, 9(1), pp. The post Supporting Multilingual Learners in Early Elementary Education appeared first on Waterford.org. Bialystok, E., and Kwan, E. “Bilingualism, Biliteracy, and Learning to Read: Interactions Among Languages and Writing Systems.”

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Tulsa study offers more evidence of pre-K’s benefits into adulthood

The Hechinger Report

Many people might think the main benefit of a high-quality preschool program is the academic boost it gives young children when they enter elementary school. Researchers at Georgetown University have been studying the impact of Tulsa, Oklahoma’s program for two decades. Test scores aren’t the thing they’re thinking about.

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PROOF POINTS: Long-term college benefits from high-quality universal pre-K for all

The Hechinger Report

Four-year-old children who attended public pre-K in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2005-06 were far more likely to go to college within a couple years of graduating high school than children who did not attend, according to a 15-year study of 4,000 students. Even among success stories, the benefits of preschool can be fleeting.

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How to Talk About Sustainability In Your Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

For her graduate degree, she studied melting ice caps on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. Some of the ice caps she studied in 2005 are now completely gone. Rebecca holds a B.A. in Geosciences from Williams College and an M.S. in Geological Sciences from the University of Colorado.

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This Future Teacher Hopes to Be a Change Agent By Exposing Students to Different Perspectives

Edsurge

First up is AJ Jacobs, an undergraduate in his junior year at Winthrop University who is studying to become an elementary school educator. It was in elementary school. My mom worked at the elementary school I went to. My elementary school career was pretty positive, and my mom was always there.

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PROOF POINTS: New study shows controversial post-Katrina school reforms paid off for New Orleans

The Hechinger Report

A new study finds that students subsequently bounced back and prospered after the public school system was replaced with charter schools, which are privately run but publicly financed. In 2014, the final year of this study, the number of students had risen to 44,000. Credit: AP Photo/Charlie Riedel. On average, students gained 5.7

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Alabama doesn’t want early childhood teachers talking about bias. Researchers say they need to.

The Hechinger Report

Studies show bias is a big problem in early education programs, and experts say not enough has been done to address it. In 2005, Yale researchers released a study that changed perceptions of school discipline in early grades. That’s why a lot of our standards don’t just say, ‘Teachers, teach reading.’”

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