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How ZIP Codes Determine a Child’s Future — and What We Can Do to Fight Back

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In the late '90s, I would walk to my zoned elementary school, a big red building, where the faces reflected my own. Two decades later, as an educator living in Brooklyn, I returned to visit my old elementary school, hoping for a spark of nostalgia. Let me take you back to my Brooklyn. It was home. Over 65 percent white.

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28+ Exciting Experiments for Kids in Elementary School

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Grass Head Science Journal – Growing Hair Experiment – Kindergarten & First By Class of Kinders Grade: K-1st Subject: Earth Sciences, Writing This experiment for kids includes a journal and a breakdown of the steps. The next day, have students write a secret message using a white crayon on white paper.

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Up the Class Tempo with 17 Music Activities for Elementary Students

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No Prep Ta and Ti-Ti Music Worksheets By Aileen Miracle Grade: 1st-2nd Using the ta and ti-ti notes, students read and write patterns, copy patterns, and color patterns. Give them a try during Music in Our Schools Month in March. Assign each note a number value and show students how to clap or snap the different notes.

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We are All Self-Educated

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When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school It's a wonder I can think at all. And though my lack of education hasn't hurt me none I can read the writing on the wall. It's at this point in my typical morning that I begin writing a blog post that will appear right here. I've written since 2009.

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This is how we used technology to improve our school’s reading scores

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According to one of our Grade 6 teachers, Shannon Diven, her students could read but could not pull out details from the text to expand answers, explain answers, or to develop a piece of writing around the text (basically, reading comprehension). The kids think the stories are fun and enjoyable, not “required” or “boring.”.

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

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Schools asked Leibson to write essays about her son’s “learning style” — before he could even talk — and demanded specific details about Leibson’s connection to families already attending those programs, such as listing out the last time she saw them and what they did together.

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5 edtech resources that support literacy in elementary school

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It is the time of year where we analyze the data from the first two months of school, tweak instruction to meet student needs, and accelerate our efforts to help our students achieve as much growth as possible. You can create quizzes for the books your students are reading and assign collections to your students.