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An Innovative Journey to Scalable Computer Science Programs

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Department of Education's YOU Belong in STEM and the National Science Foundation's vision for the STEM Education of the Future underscore a national commitment to equipping students with the skills and knowledge needed to thrive in a tech-centric world, ensuring equitable access to opportunities that foster innovation and sustain the economy.

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OPINION: Distrust of science in the coronavirus era reminds us why we must boost elementary science education

The Hechinger Report

According to the 2018 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education , K-3 students receive an average of 18 minutes of instruction per day in science, compared to 89 minutes in ELA and 57 minutes in math. A May 2020 report by the Southern Regional Education Board promotes three key solutions. This story about U.S.

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Ways to Build Media Literacy in Your Students, and Why You Should

Waterford

Media literacy’s simplest definition is “the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media in a variety of forms.”[3] The good news is that information is easier to come by than ever before—many students, even at an elementary age, have access to smartphones, the Internet, and a pervasive, never-ending flow of social media.

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Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension in Your Classroom

Waterford

The early years are vital to a child’s long-term achievement in reading, so teaching vocabulary and content knowledge in preschool and in the elementary grades is essential. 4 Free Downloadable Chapter Books for Elementary Students. Reading Research Quarterly, September 2020, 55(1), pp. They go hand in hand. Rapaport, A.

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Pandemic Spurs Changes in the Edtech Schools Use, From the Classroom to the Admin Office

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Market data and services firm MDR has updated a wide-ranging survey it last fielded in 2018 about teachers and tech, and the resulting report, “How 2020 Shifted Perceptions of Technology in the Classroom,” illustrates how COVID-19’s disruptions have upended some edtech trends and accelerated others. Apparently 1:1 device access.

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Empty Desks: Getting Chronically Absent Students Back to Class Is No Easy Feat

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She has had heart palpitations and difficulty sleeping since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The Ravenswood City School District, which has about 1,600 students in its elementary and middle schools (excluding charters) in East Palo Alto and Menlo Park, saw chronic absenteeism spike from just 471 out of 2,549 (18.5

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Homeless Students Are Missing School. Does Having a Separate School for Them Help or Hurt?

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A 2020 report for the U.S. Senate found that Monarch School’s students had poor reading and math skills when compared to public schools in the San Diego area, especially for elementary students. percent for the 2018-2019 school year (compared to a 25 percent chronically absent rate for California homeless students in general).

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