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ISTELive, Abbott Elementary, and a push for Black educator representation

eSchool News

At ISTELive 23’s opening mainstage event, featured speakers sat down for a chat about the challenges around representation and getting more Black educators—particularly Black male educators—into classrooms. This advocacy is especially critical for Black teachers and Black male teachers in particular, he added.

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Retraining an entire state’s elementary teachers in the science of reading

The Hechinger Report

But this fall, everyone at Viewmont Elementary School is in masks, so she has to listen more intently than usual. What we have learned with our kids is we have to be incredibly explicit with everything we do.” Related: What parents need to know about the research on how kids learn to read. Cat,” a boy in a Lego shirt said.

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Racial Injustice: Teaching Resources

Catlin Tucker

Educators may be looking for resources they can lean on as they navigate these complex issues with their students who understandably have a variety of feelings about what is taking place in our country. The Center for Racial Justice in Education has a collection of resources to guide conversations about race, racism, and racialized violence.

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PROOF POINTS: A third of public school children were chronically absent after classrooms re-opened, advocacy group says

The Hechinger Report

If correct, this means that one out of every three public school children was chronically absent during the second full school year of the pandemic, when most children were learning in person and should have been catching up from the disrupted year of 2020 and the first half of 2021. Department of Education. 27, 2022 blog post.

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5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces

EdTech Magazine

5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces. Thomas School near Seattle has concentrated on beefing up the school’s science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education for the past several years and plans to strengthen it even more in the future. Thomas School Dedicates Space to Bolster STEM Learning. jena.passut_7651.

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Sent home early: Lost learning in special education

The Hechinger Report

Someone would need to pick her up before noon every day, even as the rest of her peers continued learning and playing together. Her parents wanted to get her a special education designation — and all the supports that came with it. The short answer, according to special education lawyers and advocates across the country, is no.

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Learning to Breathe: Educators Use Yoga and Meditation to Reduce Burnout

Edsurge

Rose picked up a couple of breathing strategies as a student in Breathe for Change, a 200-hour wellness and yoga teacher certification program for educators. Together, they learned yoga and meditation techniques, along with philosophy, anatomy and social-emotional learning strategies. in curriculum and instruction.

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