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Occupational therapy is the antidote for pandemic skill loss

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Research shows that the average student lost approximately one-third of a school year to the pandemic, leading to academic setbacks and missed opportunities for building skills fostered in school settings, such as learning to form routines and study habits, solve problems, and follow directions.

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Are educators using SEL to empower or to manipulate?

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An example of this level of thinking is The Aspen Institute-sponsored National Commission on Social Emotional & Academic Development report, From a Nation at Risk to a Nation at Hope , published in January. We see that as a form of child manipulation. Manipulating students.

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Portsmouth Public Schools Becomes the Latest Virginia School System to Select Discovery Education to Support Student Academic Achievement

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“A high-quality education in the sciences helps students develop the important communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creative skills that we know drive academic achievement,” said Laura Nelson, Portsmouth Public Schools’ Supervisor of Science K-12. Based in part on the award-winning Discovery Education?Coding?service

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Virginia’s Chesapeake Public Schools Partners with Discovery Education to Inspire, Engage, and Empower the District’s 16,300 Elementary Students

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May 5, 2021) — Virginia’s Chesapeake Public Schools (CPS) today announced a new partnership with Discovery Education designed to inspire, engage and empower the district’s 16,300 K-5 students and improve academic achievement. creating immersive STEM experiences, and improving academic achievement around the globe.

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11 educator perspectives on post-COVID learning

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For example, throughout the pandemic and recovery eras, Urban Assembly schools maintained an emphasis on social emotional skill development that helped students cultivate independent learning approaches, maintain connections to their peers and teachers, and set and achieve goals.

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Discovery Education and Keysight Technologies Launch New Partnership Supporting Equity of Access in Education

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Following a careful review of available digital resources, Discovery Education’s flexible K-12 learning platform and STEM Connect were selected to achieve the initiative’s goals. When planning this initiative, Keysight sought to strengthen equity of access in education with modern digital resources.

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Alabama’s Huntsville College Preparatory School Selects Discovery Education to Support the Creation of Individualized Academic Experiences for All Students

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Through this new collaboration, HCPS’s educators gain access to an award-winning suite of digital resources supporting the school’s mission to provide students with an individualized academic experience that is a catalyst for confidence and curiosity. . Sustainable Development Goals,? Discovery Education’s?Social Social Studies?Techbooks.

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