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Young minds: New teachers’ impact on equitable science learning

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They vary in their emphasis on opportunity and access, representation and identification, expanding what counts as science and engaging children as change-makers using science to support a better world. “Beginning teachers use a range of effective strategies to work toward more equitable science teaching.

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Look to the Science: Understanding how Mind, Brain and Education Science can Inform Educational Practices

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Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. She currently serves as the principal of Austin Steward Elementary School #46 in Rochester, New York. Learning is still, and always has been, a social activity.

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Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: How School Districts Choose Edtech That’s Culturally Relevant

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Evaluate Vendors With 17 percent of its 12,700 students classified as English language learners as well as a significant refugee population, Jenks Public Schools in Oklahoma used the CITES framework to develop a robust vendor-evaluation process. “We It has to be AA rated or we don’t buy it.”

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Look to the Science: Understanding how Mind, Brain and Education Science can Inform Educational Practices

k12 Digest

Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. She currently serves as the principal of Austin Steward Elementary School #46 in Rochester, New York. Learning is still, and always has been, a social activity.

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What Will Kids Lose If PBS Gets Cut?

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Most are accompanied with handwritten letters from students extolling the influence children’s television shows had on their journeys to donning the cap and gown — one fresh grad writes that she plans to become an elementary school teacher thanks to PBS.

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‘School Choice’ Causes Confusion for Families. Can Edtech Companies Help?

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Hayley Leibson, a mother from Mill Valley, a wealthy area just north of San Francisco, started hunting for a language-immersion child care program when her son was 8 months old. “I Some schools laughed her out of the room, telling her that other families applied as soon as they became pregnant.

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Why we should teach coding in elementary school

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Every student should have access to technology, whether it be computers, smartphones, or tablets because almost everything we do requires some form of programming. There are several advantages of learning to code in elementary school. Why coding instruction should begin as early as possible.