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How to Encourage Girls in Your Classroom to Get Involved in STEM

Waterford

6] Whether you’re an elementary school teacher or work with older grades, you have the power to make a difference. Women’s History Month is just around the corner, and now is the perfect time to re-evaluate how you approach STEM in your school. Education Week, June 2009, 28(35), pp. Viadero, D. Researchers Mull STEM Gender Gap.

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How Family Engagement Leads to Student Success

Waterford

Find out what family engagement is, how to nurture it, and how to create a community built on family-teacher relationships in your school. Family partnerships formed during elementary school years build a strong foundation for future student success and continued engagement.[6] How to Increase Family Engagement.

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How to Prevent the Summer Slide and Help Reduce Educational Inequality

Waterford

8] Before school gets out for the summer, connect parents with guided reading activities and summer learning programs for elementary students. Limiting the Academic Summer Slide for Urban Elementary School Students. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2009, 14(2), pp. Green, A.M., Feldman, P., Baggett, P.,

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The First Days of the School Year: It’s About the Learners Not the Content

User Generated Education

2009). ( Community Building in the Classroom ). Creating a School Community ) I’ve written several blog posts about team building activities I’ve used with my elementary students and often use again with them as (1) they really like the activities, and (2) there is almost always more to learn even in repeat activities.

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Kidwind Celebrates Top Renewable Energy Innovations From Students At The 2023 National Kidwind Challenge

eSchool News

Elementary School Division (Grades 4-5) Hutch STEM Blue from STEM Magnet School at Allen in Hutchinson, Kan. Since the first competition in 2009, the KidWind Challenge and its partners have successfully implemented events in 42 states, with roughly 50,000 students competing in 400 events across the country.

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The Most Popular Post in 2009.

The Web20Classroom

As 2009 comes to a close I wanted to take a look back and see what post did people visit the most. On Nov 18 we discussed how to motivate teachers to use more technology in the classroom. On Nov 18 we discussed how to motivate teachers to use more technology in the classroom. Not enough time to learn how to use a new tool.

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Better Edtech Budgeting: How Yuma Elementary District Makes The Most of Its Money

Edsurge

During 2009, then-Superintendent Darwin Stiffler and Associate Superintendent Duane Sheppard of Yuma Elementary School District One in Arizona had just taken their positions and were trying to figure out how to meet students’ needs. Now, the question was how to experiment with it—and what to do when that money ran out.