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Foreign Language Classes are Becoming More Scarce

Digital Promise

Government Accountability Office, nearly one in four Foreign Service officers do not meet the language proficiency requirements that they should meet to do their jobs. The number of programs is increasing to meet demand from parents and communities, with 180 dual-language public school programs in New York City alone in 2015.

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Understanding, Teaching, and Reaching Digital Native Students—and Digital Native Caregivers

Waterford

10] They are less likely to believe face-to-face meetings (when possible) are the best way to discuss their students, and are more accepting of digital methods. Journal of Commerce and Instructional Technology, 2008, 8, pp.54-59. That notion is backed by research. Faculty Focus. March 2020. Lynch, Matthew. EdWeek.org. Edutopia.org.

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Couch surfing, living in cars: Housing insecurity derails foster kids’ college dreams 

The Hechinger Report

Her aunt and uncle offered her a room in 2016, and for nearly eight months, Johnson experienced a stable, calm home. She gave it another go at 19, but said when foster care support money stopped, she was forced to leave her grandmother’s house and college. She enrolled again and excelled at Citrus in Glendora. County colleges.

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The Warm Demander: How to raise expectations (and have students rise to meet them)

The Cornerstone for Teachers

There are many reasons that students fail to meet expectations and many of those reasons have nothing to do with the teacher’s rapport or personality or teaching style. You’re noticing what they need to meet the standards and coming alongside them to offer resources and different approaches to the learning which will help.

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How Sustained Silent Reading Keeps Students Curious and Engaged

Edsurge

I can't believe how lucky it is that I got this job after moving to a new area because I'm meeting all sorts of interesting, amazing people and learning a lot about this area.” Within two months of starting my teaching career in the fall of 1977, I was committed to SSR and I used in every class I taught until 2016.

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Develop Stronger Teaching Skills Through Ed Tech

Omega Notes

But learning new ways of teaching and preparing new materials in response can be overwhelming, given a faculty member’s overall responsibilities (Loch & Reushle, 2008; Price & Oliver, 2007). Beena Giridharan. Harness Students’ Digital Skills for Learning. Shift your reliance from paper to digital content to assess students’ learning.

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?Filling the Other Skills Gap

Edsurge

Census Bureau 2016; U.S. million jobs lost in the 2008 recession, 5.6 These workers recovered only 80,000, or 1 percent, of those job losses between 2010 and 2016. Source: Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2017; Tyton Partners analysis.) According to the Georgetown Center for Education and the Workforce, of the 7.2

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