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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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PROOF POINTS: How a debate over the science of math could reignite the math wars

The Hechinger Report

Here she is training math teachers on how to teach children to solve word problems at an elementary school in Brooklyn, New York. Credit: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report How does a revolution start? In December 2020, she invited dozens of like-minded education researchers to the first science of math Zoom meeting.

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The new homeschoolers: More diverse, very committed

The Hechinger Report

Census data shows that rates of home-schooling doubled between the start of the pandemic in March 2020 and the fall of that year. Gisela Quiñones in Indiana has been home-schooling her two children for years and runs a Facebook group for Latino families who home-school. The Gaddies.

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Practical Ways to Develop School Leaders Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Chris Chappotin has been serving as Assistant Superintendent for Boyd ISD in Boyd, TX since January 2020. Norwood Elementary School. Stay tuned at the end of the show for how to get a free account for you and your students. Stream by clicking here. Subscribe to the Show. Chris Chappotin - Bio As Submitted.

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Coronavirus FAQ: Everything Schools and Companies Need and Want to Know

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Rebecca Koenig (March 16, 2020) Administration and Leadership How is all this being negotiated with teachers unions? The American Federation of Teachers has published guidance for education labor leaders on how to handle coronavirus and possible school responses. Rebecca Koenig (March 16, 2020) How will this affect teacher pay?

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What is Mastery Learning and How Do You Implement It Effectively?

The CoolCatTeacher

Or, you know, how far does it go? How long was in the air? And so I've made videos and how physicists know how to figure out where the ball's going to land. This is basically, I mean what the book really, it's kind of a how to manual. Jon Bergmann - Bio as Submitted. They've been learning about projectile motion.

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They Left Teaching in Search of a Better Life. Did They Find It?

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The elementary music teacher was burned out and so very tired, following years of feeling increasingly overburdened and bulldozed by students and administrators alike. She says the job requires organization and people skills, both of which she also needed to be a successful elementary school teacher. “I labor force, at 44 percent.

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