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How educators are battling pandemic stress

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In a recent principal training session, a participant raised his hand and asked: “How can I afford to invest in social-emotional learning when my students have fallen so far behind?” The real question is whether we can afford not to invest in practices that support students’ social, emotional AND cognitive development right now.

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Teaching Empathy Is Powerful. This Film Made It Possible.

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With the recent publication of the Aspen Institute’s From a Nation at Risk to a Nation at Hope , debate on these questions are once again taking center stage. The report posits the need to focus on social-emotional and academic development when educating children. Students then participated in a thoughtful discussion.

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Parents Don't Need to Be Coding Experts, Just Willing to Learn With Their Children

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These block-based programming languages utilize a low floor, high ceiling approach , meaning the technology is accessible enough for learners of all ages and abilities to participate and engaging enough so that users can build expertise and do more complex projects with time and experience. What if the same principle is applied to coding?

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The benefits of active learning

Dangerously Irrelevant

Given what we know about teacher retention and/or the cognitive development of young children, this is incredibly dismaying (and not limited to Massachusetts). The question isn’t whether active learning techniques work. The question is why we’re not doing more of them given the rich research supporting their effectiveness.

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Journeying Back to Joy in the Classroom

Faculty Focus

The question that often eludes us is: How? Lining students up in two rows facing each other, I gave them four minutes to discuss their research question with a peer (two minutes each), inviting questions and insights. I loved it, this class was the one [where] I was most outgoing and participated the most.” [The

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Can Chinese Edtech Regulations Stifle a Culture of Striving?

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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 For others, the new restrictions have so far mostly raised questions. I think that will be a huge problem going forward.” We do a lot of boba tea, stuff like that, to boost our emotions,” he says.

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Journeying Back to Joy in the Classroom

Faculty Focus

The question that often eludes us is: How? Lining students up in two rows facing each other, I gave them four minutes to discuss their research question with a peer (two minutes each), inviting questions and insights. I loved it, this class was the one [where] I was most outgoing and participated the most.” [The

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