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Personalizing history for more impactful student learning

eSchool News

Personalized paths, oral histories, and local histories are strategies that resonate with the NCSS definition to bring the human experience into the K-12 classroom, because these strategies allow students to determine how their life fits into the story of history and to discover why the past matters to them.

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How Family Engagement Leads to Student Success

Waterford

Graduate from high school and attend post-secondary education[2]. Analysis of Parental Involvement and Self-Esteem on Secondary School Students in Kieni West Sub-County, Nyeri County, Kenya.” Family Engagement = Student Success. Develop self-confidence and motivation in the classroom[3]. Parent Engagement in Schools.”

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The ultimate guide to authentically creating a secondary classroom where students feel safe, welcome, & whole

The Cornerstone for Teachers

This is especially true for secondary students. Younger learners are used to SEL (socio-emotional learning) practices like sharing circles and morning meetings; these procedures tend to fade away as students get older and into more specialized secondary content. Video Friday.

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How to Introduce Historical Thinking Skills to Your Students, and Why You Should

Waterford

The definition of historical thinking is vague but encompasses several core concepts. Essentially it includes the reading, analysis, and writing necessary to tell historical stories—not just what we know about the past, but how we know about it.[1]. What Is Historical Thinking?

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Social Emotional Learning: Research & Applications for Distance Learning

MIND Research Institute

The definition has changed over time and by different organizations—one of the most referenced definitions is this one from the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning ( CASEL ). Another meta-analysis found between an 11 up to 17 percentile gain (Patyon et al., SEL in the Classroom when Distance Learning.

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District leaders: Act now to avoid financial disasters after COVID relief funding ends

eSchool News

In 2020 and 2021, Congress passed the CARES and ARP Acts, which created and added to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Program ( ESSER ). But as many large organizations return to normal, school districts face a daunting challenge: key federal relief funds are set to expire next September.

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Social Emotional Learning in the Classroom: Research & Applications for Distance Learning

MIND Research Institute

The definition has changed over time and by different organizations (one of the most referenced definitions is this one from the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning ( CASEL ). Another meta-analysis found between an 11 up to 17 percentile gain (Patyon et al., SEL in the Classroom when Distance Learning.