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Teaching Students to Advocate at Their Own IEP Meetings

N2Y

Did you know that students with disabilities are allowed to attend their own IEP meetings ? Most special education teachers, leaders, and advocates highly encourage students to participate in and eventually lead their IEP meetings. You may be wondering … how? At what age are children allowed to attend? Here’s how. That’s okay.

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Racial Injustice: Teaching Resources

Catlin Tucker

Making Black Lives Matter in Our Schools What We Don’t Learn About the Black Panther Party–but Should Black Muslim Meet-and-Greet: Rethinking Islamophobia Collection of articles (e.g., “A Talk to Teachers” by James Baldwin and “Black is Beautiful” by Kara Hinderlie).

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Passionate About Second Language Acquisition: Meet Inkeri, English Teacher at 51Talk

EdNews Daily

Being raised in a bilingual Finnish/English home and having attended elementary school in Finland for several months at a time, I chose to apply to teaching positions in my mother’s native country of Finland. In 2003-2004, I taught a first grade English immersion classroom for the City of Espoo’s Jalavapuisto elementary school.

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Are You More Savvy Than a Third Grader?

The Jose Vilson

No meetings. An elementary school on the Lower East Side of Manhattan had some student journalists who wanted to interview me about my life and work. Advocacy takes time and persistence, but the more you keep advocating this way, the more likely you are to achieve your goal. ” A few days later, I got a Zoom link.

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Racial Injustice: Teaching Complex Issues

Catlin Tucker

Making Black Lives Matter in Our Schools What We Don’t Learn About the Black Panther Party–but Should Black Muslim Meet-and-Greet: Rethinking Islamophobia Collection of articles (e.g., “A Talk to Teachers” by James Baldwin and “Black is Beautiful” by Kara Hinderlie).

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How the Substitute Teacher Shortage Is Impacting Teacher Professional Development

Edsurge

It’s 7:00 am, and I’m on my second trek from my car to our centralized district meeting space, lugging snacks, supplies and chart paper as I prepare to lead a workshop on best practices for technology integration for a group of 15 elementary teachers in my district. Teachers trickle in as I set out muffins and candy at each table.

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Teaching Must Get More Flexible Before It Falls Apart

Edsurge

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. At elementary schools, we’d have to get rid of the 1 teacher/1 class/5 days equation. that would keep them in the classroom. So let’s imagine.

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