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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. Topics should include relationship building, advocacy, and culturally relevant strategies. 2010, June 7).

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A Teacher’s Guide to Toxic Stress in the Classroom

Waterford

How to Use Stress Management Techniques in School. The Science of Early Life Toxic Stress for Pediatric Practice and Advocacy. Teaching Students How to Deal With Stress. Monitor, January 2010, 41(1), pp. Student stress can also be caused by factors outside of school, like adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) or trauma.[2]

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On paper, teens are thriving. In reality, they’re not

The Hechinger Report

Somewhere in the 2010-12 time frame, that abruptly changed. But the easy way to deal with this is making sure that we have these prevention tools, so it doesn’t matter if they are using their phones — they know how to deal with their stress,” Havidic said. They’re not teaching their children how to interact with each other,” Lott said.

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How well does your state support children with dyslexia?

The Hechinger Report

The flurry of new state laws over the past five years is in large part the result of pressure from Decoding Dyslexia, a parent advocacy group with chapters in all 50 states. “Intensive advocacy falls on parents who have nothing to lose but the promising future a good education ensures our children,” said Cooper.

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The Challenges of Broadband Access in Rural Schools

edWeb.net

We talk a lot about the fact that kids are coming into our schools and they know how to use technology, but they don’t know how to use it in a productive and effective way,” said Smith, “And it’s our job to be able to give them those tools so they use them effectively, efficiently, and productively.”. Jamie holds a B.A.

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Passionate About Second Language Acquisition: Meet Inkeri, English Teacher at 51Talk

EdNews Daily

In 2010, I completed an MA in Applied Linguistics with a certification in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) as well as earning an ELL (English Language Learner) endorsement for K-8 students. My advocacy for second language and culture learning is reflected in my personal life.

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How to Bring Authenticity to Learning that Happens in School

MindShift

Laid out most fully in his 2010 book Making Learning Whole , the idea goes something like this: Let students do something big and useful, from start to finish — perhaps a simplified version, but keep it intact. In the process, students learned how to develop a hypothesis, gather data, review the literature and write up their results.

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