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PROOF POINTS: Overscheduling kids’ lives causes depression and anxiety, study finds

The Hechinger Report

The diaries had been collected over the years, dating back to 1997, as part of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) , a large nationally representative household survey overseen by the University of Michigan. In this study, the researchers used a new statistical technique for large datasets to disentangle it.

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Innovation Study Tours Explore Equity in Diverse Settings

Digital Promise

In partnership with the Center for Global Education at Asia Society , the League of Innovative Schools has launched innovation study tours –– a learning opportunity focused on deeper learning and equity. Similar to the League’s cohorts , innovation study tours focus on discussing challenges and sharing best practices and resources.

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Announcing the 2021 Cohort of HP Teaching Fellows

Digital Promise

Morgan Keena, Grade 7 Social Studies (Idaho). Vickie Morgado, Grades 6-7 Elementary Guidance Learning Teacher (Ontario). Christian Scott, Middle School Social Studies & Computer Science and Technology Coordinator (Ontario). Follow #ReinventTheClassroom on Twitter. Theodore Ragavas, Technology Coach (New Jersey).

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The Neuroscience of Surprise and How It Improves Learning?

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Today’s guest researcher, Dr. Michael Rousell, studies the neuroscience of surprise and has some interesting points for educators and presenters. For example, if you’ve played peekaboo with a baby, you know the surprise is what makes them laugh.

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PROOF POINTS: 10,000 student study points to kindergarteners who may become heavy screen users

The Hechinger Report

A new study suggests that this sort of technology overuse doesn’t just pop up during adolescence. Researchers at Penn State analyzed 10,000 students and found that kindergarteners in low-income families and Black kindergarteners of all incomes had a higher propensity to be heavy users of technology by the end of elementary school.

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OPINION: After two decades of studying voucher programs, I’m now firmly opposed to them

The Hechinger Report

I am an education policy professor who has spent almost two decades studying programs like these, and trying to follow the data where it leads. But in a separate study we also saw low-income families as well as Black students returning to Milwaukee’s public schools — and doing much better. Vouchers are dangerous to American education.

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5 Free Tech Tools to Try in Your Social Studies Lessons

The CoolCatTeacher

Richard Byrne on episode 225 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. In today’s show, he talks about top free tech tools to try in social studies lessons. 5 Free Tech Tools to Try in Your Social Studies Lessons. Listen Now. Stream by clicking here.

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