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How we built a whole-child, wraparound approach to special education

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With neurodiverse and SEL practices at the forefront, advanced use of adaptive technology, and nature-based programming, we develop the love of the arts, literacy, numeracy, and inquiry skills in authentic ways to prepare our learners for lifelong success. For example, we have zen dens where students can relax, take a break, or do some art.

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What Learning Python Taught Me About Computer Science Education for Young Children

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Teaching assistants moderated an online discussion forum through Piazza , an online community building and discussion platform, and held recitations, which enabled students to ask questions and ponder ideas. Even more importantly, it develops an understanding of how to communicate with a computer using its language, not our own.

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How Mentorship Has Kept Me in the Classroom

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Growth and Community in South LA After completing my two-year commitment with TFA, I returned to Los Angeles to earn my master’s in education while working full-time as a visual arts teacher at KIPP Vida Academy. Yet, I still had much to learn, especially about the diverse needs of the multi-language learners and immigrant students I served.

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Play Is Disappearing From Kindergarten. It’s Hurting Kids.

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Initially ecstatic to start school, Truman was now red in the face from crying while my teaching assistant and I practically pried him off his mother’s leg. We were a few weeks into my first year teaching kindergarten and I had begun to think of my classroom as a warm and inviting space. Can I help you rebuild it?”.

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How we built a whole-child, wraparound approach to special education

eSchool News

With neurodiverse and SEL practices at the forefront, advanced use of adaptive technology, and nature-based programming, we develop the love of the arts, literacy, numeracy, and inquiry skills in authentic ways to prepare our learners for lifelong success. For example, we have zen dens where students can relax, take a break, or do some art.

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Bots in the Library? Colleges Try AI to Help Researchers (But With Caution)

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Of course, students and other users have long been able to search the catalog on a different part of the website, but Smith says that today’s students want to interact with technology using natural language—so that the request is more like a conversation than filling in a database form. They’re using human language to say ‘how do I do this?’

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A Welcoming Tone: Tips to Build Rapport in Digital Spaces

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To demonstrate who we are and to welcome the rich diversity of learners in our classes, we should strike a tone informed by these tenets from linguistic and culturally responsive perspectives: Acknowledge and honor language variation, which is the fact that diverse groups of speakers use language differently (Palmer & Devereaux, 2019).

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