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Will new standards improve elementary science education?

The Hechinger Report

Malachi Ballinger, 6, laughs at how far he has made his “pinball” travel during a science lesson in his kindergarten classroom in Redmond, Oregon. Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. Callahan has become a particularly fervent believer in the power of science education in her classroom. It does now.

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TEACHER VOICES: Help may finally be on the way for struggling readers

The Hechinger Report

What reading program did they use in elementary school? All of this made us think about two of our students — for the purposes of privacy, we will refer to them as Brandon and Jazmine. Related: NAACP targets a new civil rights issue — reading Meanwhile, Megan met Jazmine as her ninth grade English teacher in East Harlem in 2009.

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Tips and Strategies to Talk about Race in Class

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

I’ve also tapped into the collective wisdom of fellow teachers, educators, and researchers (see references) to expand upon these initial ideas, providing a well-rounded approach that can be tailored to various educational contexts. Practical Steps: Create a poster with these ground rules and refer back to them as needed.

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A state-funded pre-K program led to ‘significantly negative effects’ for kids in Tennessee

The Hechinger Report

Children who attended Tennessee’s state-funded voluntary pre-K program during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school years were doing worse than their peers by the end of sixth grade in academic achievement, discipline issues and special education referrals. Related: New research finds “Magic 8” preschool classroom practices.

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Will New Standards Improve Elementary Science Education?

MindShift

Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. Most elementary school teachers have little scientific background and many say they feel unprepared to teach the subject well, according to a national survey of science and mathematics education conducted by a North Carolina research firm in 2012.

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Edtech and Social Emotional Learning #sel

The CoolCatTeacher

In my own classroom, I have my students run Hour of Code each December for the whole school – grades K5- sixth grade. Pairing her with an older girl in sixth grade at that time – one who wasn’t one who was really excited about turning in homework or engaging other classroom content – really worked well with this girl.

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GitHub?s New Education Bundle Equips Students With Industry-Standard Coding Tools

Edsurge

The following year, it created GitHub Classroom, which allows teachers to distribute and review assignments. According to the company’s tally, more than 18,000 teachers are using GitHub in the classrooms, with GitHub Classroom used in over 10,000 courses. Just this week it bought Flipgrid , a video-discussion platform.