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Occupational therapy is the antidote for pandemic skill loss

eSchool News

OTs are trained to be holistic, big-picture thinkers, enabling them to meet clients where they are and assist them in achieving their individual goals. While one client may want to pursue a skill like handwriting, another may be more interested in developing self-advocacy, decision-making, or goal setting skills.

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Teaching Must Get More Flexible Before It Falls Apart

Edsurge

But if you’re reading this article—if you’re engaged enough in education to be reading EdSurge—you probably don’t believe that data. Compared to workers in offices or remote jobs, teachers have always had a harder time keeping up with the varying needs of adult life: car repairs, doctors’ appointments, meeting a plumber.

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Quiet In The Classroom: How To Recognize And Support Introverted Entrepreneurs

EdNews Daily

Advocate: Young introverts need parental advocacy for public school. Set up meetings to chat with your child’s teacher to explain unique concerns and necessary accommodations. Teacher training is similar to influential groupthink, focusing in on design thinking, group discussions, meetings and project collaboration.

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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

edWeb.net

Faced with fast-changing instructional models, varying infection rates, decreasing revenue sources, and a variety of natural disasters, how can education finance officials meet the short-term needs of their districts as well as longer-term requirements? This article was modified and published by eSchool News. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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The Challenges of Broadband Access in Rural Schools

edWeb.net

Jamie Foreman, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Albemarle County Public Schools (VA), said that his schools have focused on culturally responsive content to meet the needs of their diverse community. This article was modified and published by eSchool News. This edWeb broadcast was co-hosted by CoSN and edWeb.net. About the Presenters.

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Strategies for Culturally Responsive Teaching

edWeb.net

Only then can students, especially immigrant students and students of color, meet their potential and succeed in school and beyond. This article was modified and published by eSchool News. ” You Can’t Look Away. This edWeb broadcast was sponsored by Digital Promise. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. About the Presenters.

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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

Of the dozen or so school leaders interviewed for this article, not one had a definitive answer for why the projections were so inflated. They tended to cite a combination of their own optimism coupled with pressure from state officials, who in turn were pressured to meet the federal educational goals set in No Child Left Behind.