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What I Learned From My Students Who Became Teachers

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After 13 years of teaching, I’ve had just over 1,700 students walk in and out of my classroom. Gariecia was in my Sociology of Class, Gender, and Race elective during the 2016-2017 academic year. Nick Davis: currently a World Studies, AP Psychology and Black Studies teacher at Von Steuben High School in Chicago.

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KinderLab Robotics Announces New KIBO Guidebook to Enhance STEAM Education

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For teachers implementing an activity centers-based classroom, library, or makerspace, this new guide provides 10 lessons that embed the KIBO philosophy of “Build – Art – Code – Play” in student-directed, discovery-based learning experiences. KIBO is a great fit for an activity centers-based classroom or makerspace.

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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

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. — On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. Teachers rarely stand at the front of the classroom. There’s no one size fits all.”.

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How a dropout factory raised its graduation rate from 53 percent to 75 percent in three years

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So our daily greeting provides a positive interaction before they get into their classroom.”. When kids perform poorly in the classroom, it’s the schools that are held accountable, but those who work with low-income students said that academic struggles are often the least of a child’s problems. “We Here’s why they’re not.

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Can ‘Sober High’ schools keep teenagers off drugs?

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million 12- to 17-year-olds still met the criteria for a substance use disorder in 2014, and studies find that 9 in 10 adults with addiction problems began their chemical dependency before age 18. “My Drug use, suspensions and expulsions have put many students here far behind academically. My friends are all proud of me.

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How play is making a comeback in Kindergarten

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. — On a sunny winter morning in Sara Stevens’ kindergarten classroom at Pathfinder Kindergarten Center, 5- and 6-year olds spread out across the classroom learning about colors, shapes, engineering and design. The $26-million school opened in 2017 with a central goal: to make kindergarten here more playful and joyful.

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Where in the World Is Planet3? An Educational Gaming CEO Seeks His Second Act

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headquarters in June 2017, Planet3 executives laid off the staff. In the agreement with Clark County School District, nine middle schools agreed to the Planet3 pilot program from August 2016 to May 2017. In June 2017, Planet3 laid off its staff. But at an all-hands meeting at the company’s Washington, D.C.