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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

eSchool News

When we posted our 2020 predictions on January 1 last year, we–along with the majority of the world–definitely didn’t anticipate the curveball that was (and continues to be) the global COVID-19 pandemic. Elementary students are not immune to serious student safety issues. education system.

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

Edsurge

The most challenging part has definitely been trying to keep students engaged in the classroom and interested in their learning. In the 2021-22 school year, I moved to an elementary school in Santa Rosa, California. For the past 1.5 What has been the most challenging and rewarding part of your job?

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Why Santa Fe Broke the K-12 Model and Chose a Different Curriculum for the Middle Grades

Edsurge

Wheeler: One reason we chose MidSchoolMath is that the middle grades represent the critical time in a student’s academic career. We thought about elementary, middle and high school. This time, we chose something different for the middle grades because middle school students are kind of a different band of learners.

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“Guided reading” launched a district into one of California’s top performers

The Hechinger Report

“I tell them not to read at the same pace that your neighbors are reading, not too loud that we’re distracting someone, but just enough that you can practice your reading voice,” the second grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary School said. “So There’s definitely a larger deficit in academics than there has been in the past,” Iturralde said.

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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Recently, I had to educate myself on the current trends in helping students who are anxious, depressed, worried, or just need guidance about the future. Research note: As Wall (2021) indicates, there is a definite connection between trauma and student behavior as well as student learning. Look at this course.

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Insights from Leaders on Closing the Attendance Gap

edWeb.net

Hill, Assistant Superintendent for Early Learning, Dallas Independent School District (TX), and Jennifer Kretschman, Director MTSS, LCSSP Grant Coordinator, Sacramento City Unified School District (CA), discussed the key topics relating to closing the unprecedented attendance gap in 2021.

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Integrating Social-Emotional Learning Across the Curriculum

edWeb.net

Tammy Cruz, an instructional coach for elementary schools at Kenosha Unified School District in Wisconsin. Why Do Students Need Social-Emotional Learning? However, this is definitely not the case as many educators have been incorporating it into their classrooms for years. Online Games: Web 2.0