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How to Assess with Respect with Starr Sackstein

The CoolCatTeacher

Listen to Starr Sackstein share how to assess with respect. In 2011, the Dow Jones News Fund honored Sackstein as a Special Recognition Adviser and 2012 Education Updated recognized her as an outstanding educator. She has made the Bammy Awards finals for Secondary High School Educator in 2014 and for blogging in 2015.

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How to Know You Make a Difference #LoveTeaching

The CoolCatTeacher

Christie Thompson – Bio as Submitted Christie Thompson, School Counselor A native Arkansan, I relocated to Sherman, Texas, to begin my 20-year teaching career and was awarded New Secondary Teacher of the Year for the district. I then taught English in Plano ISD and earned my Master’s degree in English from SMU.

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5 Ways to Build Reading Stamina in Adolescent Students

The CoolCatTeacher

NCTE Position Statement on Independent Reading ) 3:51 How does Lisa talk to her students about reading stamina and how to refocus when distracted? Talk to your students about reading stamina and how to build it. October 31, 2011. June 16, 2011. 2:45 Introduction to Lisa Hollihan Allen 3:12 What is reading stamina?

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Edtech Incubators are Fading. Here’s What Will Replace Them.

Edsurge

Their hope is that these programs will help pave the way toward the kind of supportive environment that education technology companies need to survive. Many of the most eager entrepreneurs were first timers—often very young people with little experience in building companies or even in teaching—but driven by a passion for education.

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DEBT WITHOUT DEGREE: The human cost of college debt that becomes “purgatory”

The Hechinger Report

He’s trying to figure out how to parcel out his meager paycheck to pay back college loans for a degree he never finished. By 2025, more than 60 percent of Georgia jobs will require some kind of post-secondary education, and now only 45 percent of the state’s young adults meet that criterion. On a good day, he’s out by 9 p.m.

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What the Fidget is going on? Tales from a Traveling Substitute Teacher

EdNews Daily

What’s all the hype nowadays in elementary and secondary school classrooms? As defined in 2011, Fidget Toys are self-regulation tools to help with focus, attention, calming & active listening. Maybe the companies have marketed them irresponsibly? Written by Kim Tinari-Shore, M.Ed. They had to be learned and reinforced.

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Breaking the Mold – How VR Can Help Teachers

Veative

For instance, by training teachers in how to use VR, we can endow them with the skills to successfully implement VR technology in the classrooms that will be specifically designed to cater to the needs of that classroom. Experience on Demand: What Virtual Reality Is, How It Works, and What It Can Do. Norton & Company, 2018.