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How to Improve Student Engagement at Scale

eSpark

Students write and submit a short story to their favorite literary magazine. Students present on a local issue at a town meeting. Most teachers simply don’t have enough time or energy to write rigorous lessons that both engage students and meet a diversity of academic needs. Best for students grades 5-8.

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How to Qualify Online Tutoring Services

Ask a Tech Teacher

Students can now meet with private tutors, who are maybe from another country, through Skype, Google Hangouts, and other mobile communication applications. However, if they are from a different country try to find out if that country’s educational system and academic standard is the same or at par with your own country.

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We know how to provide good child care, we just don’t insist on it

The Hechinger Report

The series was produced by The Hechinger Report and Columbia Journalism School’s Teacher Project , nonprofit news organizations focused on education coverage, in partnership with Slate Magazine. 18 – number of states that meet or beat NAEYC’s standards for the 2-year-old year. Sign up for our newsletter.

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

eSchool News

As librarians, we can do this by offering a range of genres and formats for students to choose from: novels, comics, magazines, audiobooks, print, or digital. There is also progress in creating inclusive and engaging print and digital library collections to meet a growing demand for equitable access to school libraries.