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Students Need Summer Learning That Doesn’t Feel Like School

ED Surge

Students returned to their school buildings, we had months of lower COVID rates and some of kids’ favorite learning strategies—like group projects, stations and flexible seating—came back. Last year, ESSER dollars propelled innovative district-community partnerships, which offered much more than “summer school.” In many ways it was.

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Report Card Comments for STEM and Elementary Science

Carly and Adam

In elementary STEM or science classes, you may or may not be responsible for providing letter grades or an overall percentage for students, but it is still important to share progress with students and their families. 13 ways to describe how students engage in STEM and elementary science. Works collaboratively with others.

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How Has the Pandemic Changed the Way Educators Think About Homework?

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Ray Salazar has been teaching high school Journalism and English in Chicago Public Schools for over twenty years. I think that now more than ever we need to make sure that whatever we’re teaching has some relevance to the real world,” Salazar said. “It I don’t believe in talking about how we’re behind. We are where we are.

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STEM Must-Haves for Elementary Teachers

Top 10 Sciencekits

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest make it possible for them to connect with each other in real-life and share ideas about teaching. Mel Science Mel Science Kits are fun science experiments that teach children about the world around them through hands-on activities. Teachers can find lots of great resources online.

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A New Feature of Teacher Prep Programs? Compensating Future Educators for Their Time

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public schools, in addition to completing the long-standing requirement of student teaching for a semester. “We Ocheze Joseph And these students aren’t just getting relevant teaching experience. It started off as a way to bring high-impact tutoring to elementary school students in northeast Washington, D.C.

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How to use Notion

Cool Cat Teacher

I love their courses because they are flexible, with up to 6 months to complete, and you can receive graduate credit through CAEP and regionally accredited university partners or continuing education units that meet your state requirements. I did have a season where I put all of my planning into Notion and it is a very flexible tool.

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What It Takes to Recruit Future Teachers During the Pandemic

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After all, a glimpse into the lives of educators working in schools right now reveals problem after problem with few solutions in sight—not exactly reassuring for someone considering a career in teaching. So for the first time, this academic year education students are eligible to receive a stipend during their student-teaching internships.

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