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How Building Bonds in the Classroom Can Motivate Better Teaching

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A University of Missouri study found that students who feel their teachers care about them also report receiving better instruction. Researchers say that positive teacher-student relationships tend to start declining after first grade, with the lowest drop in middle school, before evening out in high school.

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Asynchronous Learning or Live Lessons? Which One Works Better for Me?

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Research studies don’t provide strong evidence that synchronous learning universally leads to better student engagement and learning outcomes than asynchronous learning or vice versa. In particular, the age and cognitive development of your students has a profound impact on their ability to succeed in different online learning environments.

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Early Numeracy as a Cornerstone of Long-Term Academic Success

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A study published in Developmental Psychology found that early math skills at kindergarten entry are among the most significant predictors of later academic achievement , even more so than early reading skills. These include number recognition, counting, basic operations (addition and subtraction), spatial awareness and patterns.

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The Case for Expanding the Definition of 'Personalization' to Meet the Needs of the Whole Child

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Our definition of whole child centers on 6 key domains that matter deeply for every individual’s development and success: academic development, social emotional development, identity development, physical health and mental health. math, literacy, science, social studies, foreign language, art).

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Why Are Colleges Hesitant to Train More Early Childhood Educators?

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The health crisis exacerbated the high rate of turnover that already plagued the early childhood education industry. It also led to decreased higher ed enrollments, which means fewer students are studying in some college schools and departments of education.

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The benefits of active learning

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Seventy-four percent of teachers from high-SES districts and 64 percent from low-SES districts reported their schools had cut the amount of time scheduled for child-directed activities in recent years. . It also seems to be a harsh indictment of school leaders’ inability to enact research-based (or even common sense) best practices.

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Can Chinese Edtech Regulations Stifle a Culture of Striving?

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And in China’s pressure cooker capital city, can Hu be the kind of parent she aspires to be: One who does not succumb to social pressure to set expectations unreasonably high for her first child? “On On one hand, I really want to respect cognitive development, and on the other hand, I also dream to be a proud mom,” Hu says. “I

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