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10 Essential Online Learning Best Practices – Free Webinar

The CoolCatTeacher

I also know that that I too have a lot to learn, even though I’ve been teaching online since 2006 and have collaborated globally for years. She is also a former teacher and principal, leading one of the first elementary STEM schools in the state of Iowa. in Secondary Education from Ball State University.

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Five Compelling Reasons For Teaching Spatial Reasoning To Young Children

MindShift

Below we offer our Top Five reasons why, as educators, we should care about spatial thinking when we plan, observe, and assess mathematics in our classrooms. Spatial thinking is an important predictor of achievement in STEM careers. Spatial reasoning and mathematical thinking are intimately linked.

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Held back, but not helped

The Hechinger Report

As a freshman, she constantly got into fights, and spent long hours in a disciplinary classroom. Even as early as 2006 and 2007, it was apparent to sociologists Lori Peek and Alice Fothergill, authors of the book “Children of Katrina,” that students were falling way behind as a result of the storm and its aftermath.

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Education Technology and the 'New Economy'

Hack Education

.” Microsoft acquired Minecraft in 2015 – which probably speaks volumes right there about its progressive potential – and in January of this year, Microsoft bought TeacherGaming, the maker of a Minecraft version aimed at classroom usage. “Everyone should learn to code.” “Everyone should learn to code.”

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Will “school choice on steroids” get a boost under a Trump administration?

The Hechinger Report

At least 10 states now permit students to take classes part-time online (and sometimes in other in-person classrooms), instead of being limited to their local course offerings; eight adopted or considered laws in just the last four years. So far, only a tiny fraction of eligible students have enrolled for online classes.