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EdSurge Reporter Wins Top Prize for Journalism About Low Teacher Pay

Edsurge

EdSurge senior reporter Emily Tate Sullivan won a top journalism prize this month for her work documenting the chronic, national problem of low teacher pay in the United States. The Education Writers Association named Tate Sullivan the winner of a 2022 National Award for Education Reporting in the beat reporting category.

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Are We Teaching Enough Civics in Schools?

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One of the becoming-forgotten subjects I have begun to fear is Civics so I loved this article from Commonwealth Magazine on how this understanding our our form of government in America is not forgotten, in fact taught well: Mass. Primary Source Documents. getting good grades on civics, history. Public Policy Matching. Constitution.

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K–12 Districts Find Interactive Flat Panels a Key Tool for Teacher-Driven Learning

EdTech Magazine

After rolling out Promethean ActivPanel interactive whiteboards and document cameras in 600 of the classrooms at Albemarle County Public Schools, teachers reported an increased excitement for learning. The difference was immediate.

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Are more 5-year-olds coming to kindergarten in diapers?

The Hechinger Report

Our colleague at The Hechinger Report, Fazil Khan, died February 23. In the 1940s, toilet training generally started before children were 18 months old , according to an article in the magazine American Family Physician. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Consider this a head’s up: This week’s newsletter is about poop.

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12 Tech Tasks To End the School Year

Ask a Tech Teacher

Clean out your documents. Sort through the documents you collected this year and get rid of those you don’t need anymore. If you are really nervous about this, save everything to the cloud or My Documents instead of your desktop. If you get reports on Twitter usage or Google Adwords, schedule those weekly.

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12 Tech Tasks To End the School Year

Ask a Tech Teacher

Clean out your documents. Sort through the documents you collected this year and get rid of those you don’t need anymore. If you are really nervous about this, save everything to the cloud or My Documents instead of your desktop. If you get reports on Twitter usage or Google Adwords, schedule those weekly.

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Best Online Book Creator Tools

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Flipsnack is ideal for creating digital portfolios, magazines, or any educational material that benefits from a more dynamic presentation. Its collaborative features are second to none, allowing multiple users to work on a document simultaneously. Each format – PDF, EPUB, KPF, and MOBI – has its own strengths and ideal use cases.

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