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Using ESSER Funds Effectively for PBL and STEM: Advice From the Experts

edWeb.net

During the edLeader Panel, “ Utilizing ESSER Funding to Implement PBL + STEM Initiatives ,” a panel of educational peers engaged in a lively discussion about how to best invest funding from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) in high-impact project-based learning (PBL) and STEM initiatives across the nation.

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Pandemic May (Finally) Push Online Education Into Teacher Prep Programs

Edsurge

A 2016 survey of such programs found that only about 4 percent of respondents offered field experiences such as student teaching in K-12 online settings. A Foundation of Research You wouldn’t necessarily know it from the pandemic-era panic, but online education for elementary and secondary schools is not new.

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Giving Students a Voice

Digital Promise

When schools find ways to welcome student opinions — to partner with students “as stakeholders in their own learning,” especially at the secondary level — they do more than equip students with tools for lifelong success. Not so right, says Gretchen Brion-Meisels , a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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What role should a teacher play in choosing books kids read?

The Cornerstone for Teachers

I’m also limited by my experience as a secondary teacher; these conversations have less controversy in lower elementary, though discussions about appropriateness do surface more commonly in the upper elementary/middle school transition. Is 8th grade too young to look at police brutality?

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

eSchool News

Handbook Why : Creating a digital library presence, using a multimedia format to expand accessibility features, sharing resources, showcasing student work How : Book Creator , websites, Google Slides, Mote , PowerPoint School librarians can embed a link to a library handbook and put it in Google Classroom or Canvas, for instance.