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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Recently, I had to educate myself on the current trends in helping students who are anxious, depressed, worried, or just need guidance about the future. Relationship over reproach: Fostering resilience by embracing a trauma-informed approach to elementary education. Online Assessment. Look at this course.

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America’s reading problem: Scores were dropping even before the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

What’s causing these trends is no mystery.” Mackenzie Woll, a second-grade teacher at Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public Elementary School in Worcester, Massachusetts, said diagnostic tests at the start of the year revealed that most of her students were reading at a kindergarten or a first grade level. “But Fordham Institute.

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6 EdTech Resources and Strategies to Gain a Deeper Understanding of Students

EdTechTeacher

Here are 6 examples demonstrating how emerging educational technologies can help us amplify assessment strategies and gain a deeper understanding of our students. Tool: iReady (Adaptive Math/ELA Assessment & Instruction). Kelly Servant ( @servantk1 ), Kindergarten Teacher at Hugh Cole Elementary School=.

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K-12 Education in the Post-COVID Era

Kitaboo on EdTech

Some classes will get higher priority, such as the lower elementary grade, lab-based subjects. And then we have online learning platforms that are equipped with all the features required for students to fulfill their learning needs. The remote learning trend is expected to continue even after the pandemic subsides.

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Fighting Apathy, Neglect and Racism to Give Left-Behind Learners a Chance

Edsurge

My 16, 17 and 18-year old students were entering my class reading at an elementary level. This started with a pre-test, many of which are available via online programs with one huge caveat: assigning a generic pre-test is a waste of time. Getting on the cloud solved some of our problems, but others remained and new ones emerged.

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8 Must-See Hidden Gems from ISTE 2018

techlearning

Want to speed up fluency assessments and free up time for instruction? This early literacy tool created by NWEA allows for whole-class, online assessment of oral reading fluency and other key skills thanks to speech recognition and audio recording software. Try MAP Reading Fluency. Check out Boreal Tales.

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eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 11 inspiring educators

eSchool News

Richard Labbe Johnston County Public Schools Nominated by: Savvas Learning Company While recent statistics from NAEP (The Nation’s Report Card) show significant declines in math scores across the country, Johnston County Public Schools in North Carolina has defied that trend. Through persistent efforts, Ms.

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