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More than a passion project, literacy advocacy takes a village

eSchool News

Between Seattle, Naples, and the Bahamas, there are advocacy villages everywhere, filled with educators like Hannah Irion-Frake, a third-grade teacher in Pennsylvania who spends her career advocating for and creating readers. “I ” Teaching students to read happens in the classroom and library every day.

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A Teacher’s Guide to Toxic Stress in the Classroom

Waterford

Then, discover tactics for spotting and preventing toxic stress in your classroom. More students in your classroom may be suffering from toxic stress than you know. 14] Regardless of the grade you teach, it’s likely that at least one student in your classroom deals with chronic stress. What Is Toxic Stress, Anyway?

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How to Increase Family Involvement with Connection

Waterford

Writing for Districtadministration.com , Morris notes that successful family engagement begins by centering on families and their needs, just like teachers center children in their classrooms. Including families in the planning of these events can help them be invested in the classroom. Family Volunteering Have a field trip coming up?

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Are Latino ‘Systems of Knowledge’ Missing From Education Technology?

Edsurge

Between 2010 and 2021, the share of white non-Hispanic children fell to 45 percent of public school students, while the share of Hispanic children grew to comprise 28 percent. Antonio Vigil is director of innovative classroom technology at Aurora Public Schools in Colorado. Meanwhile, changing demographics of students in U.S.

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Parents feared Tennessee’s new reading law would hold back thousands of students. That didn’t happen

The Hechinger Report

That’s similar to retention rates in previous years — a report from the Tennessee Education Research Alliance shows that around 1 percent of third graders were held back each school year between 2010 to 2020. Literacy coach Melissa Knapp works in a first grade classroom at Harpeth Valley Elementary in Nashville.

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What the World Can Teach the US About Education Technology

Edsurge

Governments, educators, advocacy groups and companies large and small need to work better together. China’s Education Modernization 2030 Policy and Ten Year Development Plan for ICT and Education 2010-2020 are among government initiatives named that intend to improve the country’s education in the long run. Whereas the U.S.

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Community colleges tackle another challenge: Students recovering from past substance use

The Hechinger Report

Since 2010, enrollment at two-year institutions has declined by nearly 40 percent, as more people have opted to remain in the workforce or head directly to four-year colleges, among other factors. She credits the Breaking Free club with creating the community she and her peers need to beat back their insecurities and succeed in the classroom.

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