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I Love Being a Teacher, But I Can’t Survive on Compassion

Edsurge

In 1998, I began my journey as an elementary teacher under the tutelage of my aunt and revered educator, Marva N. My four years in college studying to become an educator did not prepare me for what I encountered. Their commitment and passion for teaching were the reasons why I chose this profession.

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What I Learned From My Students Who Became Teachers

Edsurge

While shows like Abbott Elementary – which I especially love as a graduate of Philly Public Schools – try to show teachers as real, dynamic people with complexities and contradictions, few educators get to narrate the true power of the relationships we’ve been able to cultivate with our students. This is his third year in the profession.

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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

The Hechinger Report

On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. Teachers rarely stand at the front of the classroom. LINDSAY, Calif. —

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

In terms of student proficiency, today's classrooms are more diverse than ever. In these classrooms, teachers face a seemingly impossible task -- providing effective instruction to all the unique students under their care. But follow-up studies showed a bigger problem. We're mainstreaming those with special needs.

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KinderLab Robotics Announces New KIBO Guidebook to Enhance STEAM Education

techlearning

For teachers implementing an activity centers-based classroom, library, or makerspace, this new guide provides 10 lessons that embed the KIBO philosophy of “Build – Art – Code – Play” in student-directed, discovery-based learning experiences. KIBO is a great fit for an activity centers-based classroom or makerspace.

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How State Reform in New Hampshire Led to Teacher Autonomy

Edsurge

But at Memorial Elementary School , one of two elementary schools in New Hampshire’s Sanborn Regional School District , administrators and teachers are given the freedom to experiment with cutting-edge ideas not in spite of district and state guidelines, but because of them. They dubbed the behaviors “Work-Study Practices” (WSP).

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Virginia district launches summer kindergarten readiness initiative

eSchool News

It has helped millions of students worldwide to improve their reading and writing skills, master increasingly rigorous academic standards, and prepare for high-stakes assessments. “We Virginia Beach already started using Smarty Ants for PALS-identified students in its elementary schools as of February 2016.