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‘The Reading Year’: First grade is critical for reading skills, but kids coming from disrupted kindergarten experiences are way behind

The Hechinger Report

Miller asked as she stood in front of her class at Doss Elementary. 40 percent — The number of first grade students “well below grade level” in reading in 2020, compared with 27 percent in 2019, according to Amplify Education Inc. Students play outside Doss Elementary in Austin, Texas. This story also appeared in USA Today. “Do

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LEARN Marginal Syllabus (March)—“Untold Stories”: Cultivating Consequential Writing with a Black Male Student through a Critical Approach to Metaphor

Educator Innovator

Sakeena Everett shares her critical ethnographic case study about Shawn, one such high school student, whose voice and writing is intentionally centered throughout this research article. Everett studied Shawn’s ongoing intellectual activities back at his high school.

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Summer Memories! edWeb Rock Concert at ISTE 2019

edWeb.net

Her work was the subject of a case study for personalized professional learning. Dr. Rob Furman, Principal of Southpark Elementary School, is a highly recognized innovative educator and author, and recently presented an edWebinar on edWeb on How a Principal Uses edWeb for Personalized PD for Teachers.

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Chicago Public Schools is monitoring students’ social media for ‘worrisome behavior’

eSchool News

In 2020, Chicago Public Schools won a $750,000 grant from the U.S. The study found students at participating schools were at a lower risk of becoming a shooting victim, though the difference was not statistically significant. New social media program draws on pilot’s lessons.

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Bring back joy by teaching outdoors: A how-to guide

The Cornerstone for Teachers

On the other hand, Alisa, an elementary school teacher from Massachusetts, says that building outdoor learning spaces in her school lead to a stronger community as everyone came together to make it happen for the kids. Case Study #1: Jain, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas.

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Georgia Model for Virtual Professional Learning: Supporting Educators During COVID

edWeb.net

We sent out a survey in March of 2020 to teachers and leaders and asked some basic questions. Connie : Before March of 2020, we had done very few online professional learning sessions, and then our world just exploded and now most of what we’re doing is online. in social studies education.

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Georgia Model for Virtual Professional Learning: Supporting Educators During COVID

edWeb.net

We sent out a survey in March of 2020 to teachers and leaders and asked some basic questions. Connie : Before March of 2020, we had done very few online professional learning sessions, and then our world just exploded and now most of what we’re doing is online. in social studies education.