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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.

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How Family Engagement Leads to Student Success

Waterford

Graduate from high school and attend post-secondary education[2]. Develop self-confidence and motivation in the classroom[3]. Have better social skills and classroom behavior. Require redirection in the classroom[4]. 6] When students receive more support, classrooms with engaged families perform better as a whole.[7].

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How Parent Empowerment Can Change Your Classroom for the Better

Waterford

You may already be familiar with parent involvement and engagement, or listening to and working with parents in the classroom. It means embracing the belief that all voices and perspectives are welcome in your classroom,[1] and intentionally providing space for those voices to be heard.

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Improve Student Behavior Now!

The CoolCatTeacher

Darrian Tanner on Episode 471 of the 10-Minute Teacher I talked to my son, and he says that when a teacher has excellent classroom management, it means he can learn, and when they don’t, it means chaos and stress for everybody. This school year will mark ten years of teaching secondary ed ELA.

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How to Assess with Respect with Starr Sackstein

The CoolCatTeacher

Author of Teaching Mythology Exposed: Helping Teachers Create Visionary Classroom Perspective , Blogging for Educators , Teaching Students to Self Assess: How do I help Students grow as learners? , She has made the Bammy Awards finals for Secondary High School Educator in 2014 and for blogging in 2015.

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How one district has diversified its advanced math classes — without the controversy

The Hechinger Report

Years ago, when Woodfin attended Union Public Schools from kindergarten through eighth grade, she sat in fairly homogenous classrooms. Shannan Bittle, a secondary math specialist for Union, said new academic programs — like aviation and construction — could offer students more ways to apply higher levels of math in lucrative jobs. “We

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Will new standards improve elementary science education?

The Hechinger Report

Malachi Ballinger, 6, laughs at how far he has made his “pinball” travel during a science lesson in his kindergarten classroom in Redmond, Oregon. Science could be considered the perfect elementary school subject. Callahan has become a particularly fervent believer in the power of science education in her classroom. It does now.