Remove 2010 Remove Advocacy Remove Classroom Remove Report
article thumbnail

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.

Advocacy 124
article thumbnail

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. In fact, one-fifth of all children report that they worry a lot.[14] 7] And how a teacher reacts to challenges can influence classroom stress, too.

Classroom 239
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How to Increase Family Involvement with Connection

Waterford

3] Engaged families report trusting teachers more and understand more clearly the role school plays in their child’s life.[2] 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.

How To 259
article thumbnail

New report underscores education problems in institutions for foster youth

The Hechinger Report

A new report says the state of Pennsylvania ought to be doing more to oversee such facilities serving foster and delinquent children. Photo: Caroline Preston for The Hechinger Report/HuffPost. But the report released today suggests that many of these foster children are attending on-grounds schools in lieu of public schools.

Report 82
article thumbnail

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. Credit: Lily Estella Thompson for The Hechinger Report So, what happened in Tennessee?

Policies 108
article thumbnail

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

Edsurge

As we’ve reported in the past, some teachers have clearly expressed that tech tools should support and not replace their expertise. 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.

System 129
article thumbnail

What the World Can Teach the US About Education Technology

Edsurge

Some of the conclusions may not come as a surprise in the Omidyar Network’s report on what works in scaling education technology in different regions worldwide. Governments, educators, advocacy groups and companies large and small need to work better together. Take Chile, for instance. 75) and China (54). should copy Chile.