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What Is Prior Knowledge and Why it Matters?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Historical Context in Social Studies : When discussing the Civil Rights Movement in a history class, students draw on their prior knowledge of earlier historical events like slavery and the American Civil War to better understand the context and significance of this movement. IJ STEM Ed , 6 (33). link] Cordi, M.

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How a Chinatown school is trying to bring more diversity to theater

The Hechinger Report

There are just a few weeks left until their big trip to Atlanta for a three-day event called the Junior Theater Festival, and they’re hoping to add another trophy to the assortment that fills the school’s front lobby. Yet, funding for the arts currently shows no sign of rebounding from cutbacks stemming from George W. Sit up straight!”

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In Puerto Rico, the odds are against high school grads who want to go to college

The Hechinger Report

Among the many other problems dragging down Puerto Rico’s stagnant economy, made worse by hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, is a huge high school dropout rate and, among those students who do manage to graduate, a comparatively low trajectory to college — especially college on the mainland — and a high dropout rate there, too.

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One Year After Uvalde, a Reminder That ‘Trauma Has Tentacles’

Edsurge

This week marks one year since an unspeakable act of violence was carried out in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. One year since a gunman stole the lives of 19 fourth graders and two teachers at Robb Elementary. EdSurge: Walk me through what it looks like when you go into a school community following a traumatic event.

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Home visiting in high school: Trying an intervention for toddlers on teenagers

The Hechinger Report

The success of home visits has been well documented for infants and has been studied at the elementary and middle school level , but it’s an open question whether these visits make a difference for older students, according to some experts. Related: This program is proven to help moms and babies — so why aren’t we investing in it more ?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Buzzfeed : “The Education Department Quietly Invited Anti-LGBT Groups To A Father’s Day Event.” Via The New York Times : “ New York to Shorten Standardized Tests in Elementary and Middle Schools.” Via Buzzfeed : “How Betsy DeVos Could Break Up The Charter School Coalition.”