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3 Ways to Stress Less in Today’s Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

5 practical lessons for elementary classroom inclusion. Dr. Alexander is lifetime certified in Louisiana in Secondary English Education, as a Reading Specialist, as a School Librarian, as an Educational Technology Facilitator, as an Educational Technology Leader and in Educational Leadership 1. Desiree Alexander. Subscribe to the Show.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition)

Doug Levin

Doug Levin (@douglevin) March 17, 2017. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye the week of March 13, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition). Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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9 Key Classroom Management Skills Backed up with Research

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

TD-OTR refers to strategies that allow teachers to gauge student participation and understanding continually (Gage & MacSuga-Gage, 2017). This not only keeps students actively engaged but also provides immediate feedback to the teacher on student understanding (Gage & MacSuga-Gage, 2017). 2005; Gage & MacSuga-Gage, 2017).

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More schools are adding pre-K classrooms. But do principals know how to support them?

The Hechinger Report

In San Antonio, Texas, elementary school principals get hands-on coaching and advice from early childhood experts during visits to pre-K classrooms. A 2015 survey found only 20 percent of early-career principals in schools with pre-K classrooms felt “well-versed” in early ed.

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Will new standards improve elementary science education?

The Hechinger Report

Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. Most elementary school teachers have little scientific background and many say they feel unprepared to teach the subject well, according to a national survey of science and mathematics education conducted by a North Carolina research firm in 2012. Such jobs made up 6.2

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How Parent Empowerment Can Change Your Classroom for the Better

Waterford

8] Additionally, one study found that when parents are involved in schools, their children are more likely to graduate from high school and attend post-secondary education.[9]. Journal of Counseling & Development, April 2017, 95(2), pp. Johns Hopkins University, 2015, School of Education. Retrieved from edweek.org: [link].

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A Teacher’s Guide to Communicating with Generation X, Y, and Z Parents

Waterford

8] Your Gen Xers are most likely the parents of older elementary or middle and high school students. 6] Millennials are no longer elementary or secondary students themselves, though they may still be students in college or graduate school. Liveperson, 2017, pp. Communicating with Generation Z Parents. Bradbury, R.