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Retraining an entire state’s elementary teachers in the science of reading

The Hechinger Report

But this fall, everyone at Viewmont Elementary School is in masks, so she has to listen more intently than usual. Some teachers in Hickory Public Schools, where Viewmont Elementary is located, have been focusing more on the science of reading in recent years, spurred in part by the influence of a local education college.

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A Teacher’s Guide to Toxic Stress in the Classroom

Waterford

The Science of Early Life Toxic Stress for Pediatric Practice and Advocacy. Pediatrics, February 2013, 131(2), pp. Pediatrics, November 2013, 132, pp. The link between classroom teacher burnout and morning cortisol in elementary school students. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2015, 100(9), pp. Marques, S.S.,

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What is your school doing to teach financial literacy?

eSchool News

I believe personal finance should be part of every American’s lifelong learning plan, from elementary school through and into adulthood. Report cards also were issued in 2013 and 2015. Our report cards are among several advocacy efforts. It’s that important.

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Learning to Breathe: Educators Use Yoga and Meditation to Reduce Burnout

Edsurge

She spent many of her weekends this past fall at an elementary school in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district, alongside 83 other peers, including fellow classroom teachers and other educators. In 2015, she started Breathe for Change. It has since trained about 2,500 people, and currently operates in eleven cities.

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Kids Co-Creating Curriculum

The CoolCatTeacher

I was over in one of the elementary schools the other day, and three years ago we were all in awe and kind of gaga about a high school student who was all in with drones, and sort of building and flying, and learning about aviation and drones with his high school peers. Drones in the Classroom. He’s actually been back, He’s taking a gap year.

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Change One Simple Thing to Start Your Journey to Remarkable Teaching

The CoolCatTeacher

In 2015, a national survey organization ranked Albemarle County Public Schools in the top five of all school divisions in Virginia and among the top two percent of all school divisions in the county. Under her guidance, Albemarle County Public Schools was selected in 2015 for membership in the League of Innovative Schools.,

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Women’s History Month should have a place for teachers

The Hechinger Report

Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. during the 2015-16 school year were women. Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. “It’s because we’re mostly women,” she explained.