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Joel Lookadoo: 2020 Arkansas Teacher of the Year

The CoolCatTeacher

Joel Lookadoo, 2020 Arkansas Teacher of the Year, shares why he loves teaching. The Well-Rounded Educator Podcast (started in the fall of 2020). FaceBook: @2020ATOY. From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Joel Lookadoo, 2020 Arkansas Teacher of the Year, shares why he loves teaching.

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Lexia Nationwide Report Finds 80% of Students Using Lexia Core5 Reading Did Not Experience Literacy Learning Loss During Remote and Hybrid Learning in the 2020-21 Academic Year

eSchool News

23, 2021) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, today released new research titled “Using Lexia Core5 Reading to Address Learning Loss and Accelerate Learning: Insights from a 2020-21 Nationwide Study.” To learn more, visit www.cambiumlearning.com or follow Cambium on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Medium.

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3 practices of resilient teachers during COVID-19

eSchool News

2020 has been a tough year to be a PreK-12 teacher. Our team of researchers, all former elementary and secondary teachers who are now teacher educators, saw this as a moment in educational history that had to be captured–and so we asked teachers these questions: What are your top 5 issues? How are you problem-solving?

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Teacher resilience: 3 practices of teachers who toughed it out during remote learning

eSchool News

2020 has been a tough year to be a PreK-12 teacher. Our team of researchers, all former elementary and secondary teachers who are now teacher educators, saw this as a moment in educational history that had to be captured–and so we asked teachers these questions: What are your top 5 issues? How are you problem-solving?

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3 Free Ways Teachers and Students Can Collaborate Globally

The CoolCatTeacher

The Stanley Black and Decker Making for Good Student Challenge runs now through Thursday, January 30, 2020 for students in the US in grades 9-12. The CITGO Fueling Education Student Challenge is for students in the US in grades 5-8 now through February 13, 2020. Just make a copy and adapt it for your use or print it.

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Math Problems that Unlock Student Thinking

The CoolCatTeacher

The “Open Middle” math problem format is NOT talking about middle school math, although it applies to middle, high school, elementary, and even college math just the same. Artwork submissions for this free youth art contest are accepted this year from November 1, 2019, through January 31, 2020.

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PROOF POINTS: 10,000 student study points to kindergarteners who may become heavy screen users

The Hechinger Report

Even before the coronavirus pandemic hit, teens were spending an average of seven hours a day on their phones, as the journalist Paul Greenberg points out in his 2020 book, “ Goodbye Phone, Hello World.” This 2020 review of the research confirms that. Some racked up considerably more hours.

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