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What Families Need Now From the Perspective of a School Parent Liaison

Education Elements

Aleida has been a Parent Liaison for 16 years supporting all families with a specialty in supporting families from international backgrounds who are navigating the American school system for the first time.

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3 Ways to Stress Less in Today’s Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

She shares the WHO system for evaluating technology, tips for hybrid learning, and timeless principles for considering digital equity and relating to your students and colleagues in professional and respectful ways. Teachers are stressing over so many things. She is the Founder CEO of Educator Alexander Consulting, LLC.

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How Building Bonds in the Classroom Can Motivate Better Teaching

Edsurge

Researchers pulled data for two years (the 2017 and 2018 academic years) from Missouri’s state-wide teacher evaluation system, in which students rated teachers’ effectiveness. Effects are likely to occur for all students but may be strongest for secondary students.” This teacher makes lessons interesting.

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10 of the best and worst school systems

eSchool News

But the quality of public school systems varies widely from state to state and is often a question of funding. Public elementary and secondary education dollars traditionally flow from three sources: the federal, state (state governments contributing nearly half of public-school funding) and local governments. Massachusetts.

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10 edtech experts you should follow

Hapara

She began her popular blog Cool Cat Teacher in 2005, and in 2017 she launched a podcast, 10-Minute Teacher Show. As a consultant and keynote speaker, she helps education systems prioritize digital equity. Dr. Adam Phyall is Director of Technology and Media Services for Newton County School System in Covington, Georgia.

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This Paraprofessional Did Her Teacher Training on the Job. Now, She Has Her Own Classroom.

Edsurge

Now, while she gets settled into her first official year as a teacher on a temporary one-year license, Montgomery will complete her certifications in secondary math and special education through an alternative teacher licensing program. After high school, I initially went away to college to study to become a secondary math teacher.

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Is a Backpack the Key to Closing the Homework Gap?

EdTech Magazine

Imcon International and Cradlepoint have created a line of self-contained, Wi-Fi-enabled backpacks , powered by a solar charger and redundant batteries, that provide portable internet access by allowing students to connect to wireless, 3G, 4G, LTE and other networks using an open-source distributed edgeware system. . Seventy percent of U.S.

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