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How Family Engagement Leads to Student Success

Waterford

It’s one of the best strategies to create a positive learning environment for all students. Find out what family engagement is, how to nurture it, and how to create a community built on family-teacher relationships in your school. How to Increase Family Engagement. Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006, 98, 653-664.

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How to Prevent the Summer Slide and Help Reduce Educational Inequality

Waterford

Using strategies that promote an inclusive classroom during the school year can be a great way to prevent the achievement gap. Parent engagement can also be a crucial strategy for preventing the summer slide.[8] Limiting the Academic Summer Slide for Urban Elementary School Students. Borman, G.D., and Dowling, N.M. and Tse, L.

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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] Then, we’ll discuss classroom management strategies and a few quick tips for supporting these students as a teacher.

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How Young Is Too Young to Learn to Read?

Waterford

Whether you’re a PreK teacher or a parent, you can help children build essential pre-reading skills before they start elementary school. With the right strategies, every child can grow a love for reading. Students are more likely to succeed in elementary school if they know letter names before kindergarten.[10]. Grossen, B.

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How Differentiated Instruction Can Help You Reach Every Student in Class

Waterford

In this article, we’ll go over what differentiated instruction is and how using this learning strategy can provide your students with the resources they need to succeed. Differentiated instruction is an educational strategy in which teachers adapt their instruction to meet the needs of their class.

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Five Learning Strategies that Work

Digital Promise

Cepeda et al (2006) reviewed 254 studies, and found that students across studies recalled 10 percent more information after spaced study than after massed (all at one time) study. It has been used with elementary, middle, high school, and college students, but results were mixed for all groups. In one study by Pressley et al.

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How to hire more black principals

The Hechinger Report

A student offers Principal Macquline King-Morris a hug on his way to the gym with his class at Courtenay Elementary Language Arts Center in Chicago. CHICAGO — Principal Macquline King-Morris stepped out of the way of two lines of students heading to the Courtenay Elementary Language Arts Center gym. Photo: Lillian Mongeau.

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