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How Educators Can Support Families of Children with Disabilities During Hybrid or Online Learning

Waterford

The challenges of online learning are real, but there are some basic steps teachers and families can take to encourage educational success. Use Online Teacher Tools to Communicate With Families. Fortunately, teachers have plenty of options when it comes to online learning tools and parent resources for special education.

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PROOF POINTS: The myth of the quick learner

The Hechinger Report

All needed practice to learn something new, and they learned about the same amount from each practice attempt. On average, it was taking both high and low achievers about seven to eight practice exercises to learn a new concept, a rather tiny increment of learning that the researchers call a “knowledge component.”

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Math Webtools to Support Any Curriculum

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Then that too changed when rote drills and worksheets were replaced with cerebral challenges and dynamic exercises. Here are five online math resources that will turn boring math into a favorite subject: Mathletics. There is also a section with math games for those who learn best by challenging themselves.

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To fight teacher shortages, schools turn to custodians, bus drivers and aides 

The Hechinger Report

Jenna Gros jangles as she walks the halls of Wyandotte Elementary School in St Mary’s Parish, Louisiana. Brusly Elementary School has 595 students, ranging from ages two to seven. Jenna Gros, head custodian at Wyandotte Elementary School in St Mary’s Parish, Louisiana, stops to tie a student’s shoe. MORGAN CITY, La.

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The pandemic’s remote learning legacy: A lot worth keeping

The Hechinger Report

times the rate of white students, according to an analysis of federal data by the New York Civil Liberties Union. Sometimes the exercise prompted her to follow up with individual concerns. It’s one way pandemic adjustments can address discipline inequities long-term. The disparity was slightly steeper on average (3.9

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Why Executive Function Is A Vital Stepping-Stone For Kids’ Ability to Learn

MindShift

The data just keeps coming in about the importance of focus, self-control and working memory for learning and life,” Wexler said in an edWeb webinar. One meta-analysis of six studies found that a child’s executive functioning skills in kindergarten predicted reading and math achievement into middle school and beyond.

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11 lessons from schools that kept Covid cases low

The Hechinger Report

Both of these rural districts faced challenges with online learning, as many families did not have Wi-Fi at home. The data analysis underlying this project primarily led us to profile rural communities, which may have gotten lucky with low Covid-19 case numbers in previous phases of the pandemic — but are now unable to escape Delta.

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