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6 ways to welcome the new year with students after winter break

The Cornerstone for Teachers

Returning to the classroom after winter break can feel like “First Day of School, Part 2” for everyone … in ways that are both good and bad! Students tend to return invigorated by joyful holiday celebrations. Creatively gather student feedback. It is important to share and receive feedback as teachers.

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50 Back to School Activities for Elementary Students

Waterford

When putting together lesson plans for the upcoming school year, it can be tempting to dive into reading and math curriculum from day one. However, it’s worth making time for fun student back-to-school activities in your elementary classroom. Students roll the dice to answer a variety of getting to know you questions.

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2023 ONLINE BOOTCAMPS For more information, click HERE "Parenting for Academic Success" Summer Bootcamp (Starting July 12 for 6 weeks) - SIGN UP BELOW! "AI You are not alone, and there is a better way! As much as possible, we'll keep our pricing at the $50/hour model we used this spring.

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A school created a homeless shelter in the gym and it paid off in the classroom

The Hechinger Report

A friend of hers had told him that Flores had been evicted from the apartment she had lived in for 16 years. For the better part of a year, Flores, who asked to use only one of her two surnames, lived that way: Back and forth, spend and scrimp. Now, one night at a motel cost as much as $250. There was one other option.

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You are not alone: An honest, healing conversation about processing pandemic teaching

The Cornerstone for Teachers

“I’ve never worked so hard in my life to try to reach students, and yet never felt like such a big failure. She is also the founder of The Global Read Aloud , a free global literacy initiative in which over 2 million students across 85 different countries participate in every year. That carries a lot of emotional weight.

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“We’re really underwater here:” An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part II

The Hechinger Report

Our reporters are spending the year listening to people from across the country who are involved in their local public schools in one way or another. This winter, we talked to a parent in Cleveland, a superintendent in Wyoming and a basketball coach in New Mexico among more than a dozen others. TAOS, NEW MEXICO.

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A year in the life of a small-town superintendent shows the federal bailout won’t be enough

The Hechinger Report

million over two years for their schools by renewing an existing property tax. It would be their third rejection in less than a year and a half. It would be their third rejection in less than a year and a half. The school district welcomed all elementary students back for in-person learning in early December.