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PROOF POINTS: When schools experimented with $10,000 pay hikes for teachers in hard-to-staff areas, the results were surprising

The Hechinger Report

Wealthy suburbs can have a surplus of qualified applicants for elementary schools at the same time that a remote, rural school cannot find anyone to teach high school physics. In the fall of 2020, Hawaii began offering all of its special education teachers an extra $10,000 a year.

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Students Are Opportunities Not Obligations with Hamish Brewer

The CoolCatTeacher

Note from Vicki: To kick off 2020, the whole week is motivational, encouraging episodes. Sponsor: Check out the free webinar for math teachers – how to transform your textbook into a curiosity machine – go to coolcatteacher.com/freemathwebinar to learn more about this free webinar being held four times in January 2020.

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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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WeWork to Shutter Its Private Elementary School After Current School Year

Edsurge

WeGrow, the division of WeWork that operated a private elementary school, will close its doors after the current school year. A spokesperson for WeWork (officially called The We Company) said it “will continue to operate WeGrow through the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year.”

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

Edsurge

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. Popular educational apps.

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K–12 Education’s Top Tech Hurdles to Innovation

EdTech Magazine

A recent report from the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) identified five key roadblocks for K–12 schools’ digital transformation in 2020. The county opened an “unschool” for high school students in the 2018–19 school year but purchased no equipment until students arrived. For example, Jersey City (N.J.)

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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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