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How a growing number of states are hoping to improve kids’ brains: exercise

The Hechinger Report

Students can also choose from two additional exercise-focused electives — dance and personal fitness — which for some students can mean a 40-minute exercise period every day. Teacher Travis Olsen has an exercise bike in the back of his seventh-grade science classroom that kids are welcome to use whenever they feel the need.

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The Power of Rubrics—Students Take Control of Their Own Learning and Achievement

EdNews Daily

Rachel’s tutor then lasered in on those areas, giving Rachel targeted exercises to address each weakness, which Rachel incorporated into her next assignment. When students use the professor’s feedback for reflection, they can see trends,” says West-Smith. A Tool for Self-Advocacy. Rubrics become an information tool.

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REINVENTING.SCHOOL Live Show Today - The Exploding Trend of "Pandemic Pods" and Micro-Schools #reinventingschool #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

She received an early childhood credential from the American Montessori Society, one of the premier Montessori advocacy organizations. Since 2013, she has thoroughly engaged in the study of mindfulness, and she incorporates these exercises into both curriculum and parent-teacher education.

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7 questions after Governor Branstad’s school funding veto

Dangerously Irrelevant

So while education continues to be the biggest part of the state budget, it seems that all of the funding trends are negative, not positive. Roark is correct about our tone but I will also note that educators’ current policy advocacy is not working. We are falling further behind rather than catching up.

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Why Mindfulness And Trauma-Informed Teaching Don’t Always Go Together

MindShift

Mindfulness is a fast growing trend both in the world generally and in schools. Effortful training: These are things like more sustained meditation or exercise where the payoff comes over a longer time period. Creativity: something that gives purpose and adds vibrancy to life. Writing, reading, painting or other passions are examples.

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Are You Prepared for the Next Cyber Attack?

edWeb.net

Labor Day 2022—instead of the usual beginning-of-the-school-year exercises, Los Angeles Unified School District administrators had to deal with a ransomware attack that shut down its computer systems. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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Education Technology and the New Behaviorism

Hack Education

All the talk of the importance of “emotion” in education reflects other trends too. There are promises about “brain training” exercises that will keep the brain “fit” as one ages. ( ” An ed-tech trend in the making, investors hope. The research is iffy at best.).