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How to Increase Family Involvement with Connection

Waterford

Check out Waterford’s on-demand webinar page and learn how to implement CARES, a framework for inclusive family communication, genuine relationships, clear and flexible expectations, and concrete support, in your schools. Email is also an option accessible to most. 2010, June 7). Teamwork makes the dream work.

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How to Set Healthy Screen Time Habits: A Guide for Parents

Waterford

While older generations needed to learn how to use digital media, our children face a different task: managing and using screen time in healthy ways. Read on to learn all about types of screen time, how much screen time the experts recommend, and how to set healthy digital media habits at home. Sources : Sigman, A. Wartella, E.,

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How to keep dual-language programs from being gentrified by English speaking families

The Hechinger Report

I just wish it were more accessible,” she said. Overall, the number of dual-language schools in the country has nearly quadrupled since 2010, and currently numbers more than 3,600. “[P]rograms has quadrupled since 2010, to more than 3,600. “We Language immersion programs have exploded in popularity in the U.S.,

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A Surprising Approach to Science Labs for Online Students Boosts Access to STEM Fields

Edsurge

But ASU has an explicit mission to help more people access higher education — including, Austin says, students from low-income families and students from underrepresented minority groups. She had enrolled at ASU right after high school, back in 2010. It really taught me how to focus. My daughter at the time was 2 or 3 years old.

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Beyond English: Why Writing Belongs in Every Classroom

Catlin Tucker

Writing improves reading skills (Graham & Herbert, 2010; Shanahan, 2016). All of these aspects of writing benefit from dedicated class time, access to peer support, and teacher feedback. Adolescents today have unprecedented access to one another and spend significant time communicating on their devices. Kiuhara, S.

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How to Cope with Bullying

Ask a Tech Teacher

Petrosina, Guckenburg, DeVoe, and Hanson, 2010 ). Davis and Nixon, 2010 ). Right to digital access. Make a discussion and understanding of the repercussions of cyberbullying part of an overarching curriculum on how students function in the online world. National Center for Educational Statistics, 2015 ).

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What Educators Need to Know about Generation Alpha

Edsurge

The guest, Allison Russell, was talking about the emotional intelligence of young people and mentioned that she’d just learned that her daughter was part of Generation Alpha , which refers to people born after 2010. I had questions and I wanted to know more. From their earliest years, he says, “they have been screenagers.”

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