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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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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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Parents feared Tennessee’s new reading law would hold back thousands of students. That didn’t happen

The Hechinger Report

Mississippi held back 8 percent of third graders in 2015, the first year its retention policy was in place. Literacy coach Melissa Knapp works in a first grade classroom at Harpeth Valley Elementary in Nashville. That includes some students held back for other reasons.

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Disabilities in math affect many students — but get little attention

The Hechinger Report

A majority of states have passed laws that mandate screening early elementary students for the most common reading disability, dyslexia, and countless districts train teachers how to recognize and teach struggling readers. Advocacy focused on math disabilities has been less widespread than that for reading disabilities.

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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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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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A Teacher’s Guide to Toxic Stress in the Classroom

Waterford

The Science of Early Life Toxic Stress for Pediatric Practice and Advocacy. The link between classroom teacher burnout and morning cortisol in elementary school students. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2015, 100(9), pp. The Lifelong Effects of Early Childhood Adversity and Toxic Stress. Pediatrics, January 2012, 129(1), pp.

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