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School Cellphone Use Contracts Can Reduce Bullying

EdNews Daily

So, even though incidents of bullying remained steady, in the 2016-2017 school year, there was a 3.5 More parents are sending their young children to elementary school with a smartphone. Forty-two percent say it happens in classrooms. percent jump in those who were bullied or by text or online. What can parents do?

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Celebrating Math Education With A Taste Of Math

MIND Research Institute

A photo posted by Eating Around So Cal (@eatingaround) on Nov 4, 2016 at 8:17pm PDT. Champion of Education Award: Lisa Gonzales-Solomon, Principal, Madison Elementary. Lifetime Achievement Honoree: Marian Bergeson (1925-2016). Sub Zero showcased temperature measurement in ice cream creation. Tacos and Co.

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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

Edsurge

Department of Education reported that for the 2015-2016 school year, more than 7 million students —or 16 percent of all students—and 20 percent of high school students are chronically absent. In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time.

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Change One Simple Thing to Start Your Journey to Remarkable Teaching

The CoolCatTeacher

You can change one simple thing to help transform your classroom. ” We have a significantly low dropout rate and high on-time graduation rate in Albemarle. She subsequently was one of four statewide superintendents of the year to be selected as a finalist for 2016 National Superintendent of the Year.

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Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out

The Hechinger Report

Her online coursework gave teachers no reason to take issue with her classroom behavior. The consequence was an unwelcome reminder that the pandemic isn’t the only thing that can keep her from the classroom. But in October, less than two months after returning to in-person learning in Sacramento, California, she was suspended again.

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How one district solved its special education dropout problem

The Hechinger Report

While general education classrooms at Covina High School in this town in the Valley east of Los Angeles were stocked with algebra and geometry books, Parry was given a book that covered only basic math. Parry said his room was a “horrible little classroom in the back of the campus that no one knew existed.”

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At this one-of-a-kind Boston public high school, students learn calculus in Spanish

The Hechinger Report

The idea behind the Muñiz Academy, named for the longtime principal of Boston’s first dual-language elementary school (the Rafael Hernandez K-8 school), was that many Hispanic students would do better in schools that support their cultural background and, with it, the Spanish language. But not at the Muñiz Academy. That’s the goal, anyway.

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