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They Started Teaching During the Pandemic Year. Where Are They Now?

Edsurge

In summer 2020, EdSurge profiled nine first-year teachers to understand what it was like for them to launch their careers during the pandemic year (2019-20). But to compete with TikTok, social media and talking to their friends makes it that much more difficult. For first-year teachers, it was baptism by fire.

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What role should a teacher play in choosing books kids read?

The Cornerstone for Teachers

I’m also limited by my experience as a secondary teacher; these conversations have less controversy in lower elementary, though discussions about appropriateness do surface more commonly in the upper elementary/middle school transition. They sometimes only focus on social media or TV. Supreme Court Case such as Roth v.

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For Your Summer Leisure: 17 Good Reads Recommended by the EdSurge Staff

Edsurge

Binging too much “Black Mirror” and the bickering on social media and cable news may well lead one to believe that’s the case. Martha Karmali, Social Media Consultant. In the fall, a new elementary school bearing Jose Antonio Vargas’ name will open in our community.

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Is recess a right or a privilege?

The Hechinger Report

But, on any given day, an untold number of children in elementary schools nationwide have all or part of their recess revoked for infractions such as failing to finish their work, talking out of turn or not following directions. Children play during recess at a Louisville, Kentucky elementary school. In 2019, Texas Gov.

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