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Parental Controls for Online Safety are Underutilized, New Study Finds

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The Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) last week released a landmark study examining how parents and children perceive and manage online safety. At the same time, this research shows that open communication remains one of the most powerful tools parents have to support their children’s digital wellbeing.”

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The unseen connection between student absenteeism and teacher burnout 

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Instead, they’re forced to navigate fragmented systems that don’t communicate with each other. In fact, 39 percent of educators believe a unified platform to ensure consistent and accurate information across all communication channels would help improve engagement with families. ” The numbers are staggering.

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Showfloor News: PBLWorks creates PBLWorks TEACH to help scale project based learning

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The Buck Institute for Education (dba PBLWorks ), a national provider of professional development for high-quality Project Based Learning (PBL), is launching PBLWorks TEACH , a web-based application with ready-to-use, standards-aligned, Gold-Standard PBL projects for middle school math, science, English Language Arts, and social studies.

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How to integrate environmental concepts into every subject

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The activity I built required students to quietly journal outside, using prompts driven by ELA, art, and social studies standards. This project encompassed science, data collection, SEL, ELA, social studies, and math. We used ELA standards to communicate our findings, both to the class and to the public.

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Bridging the Gap Between Classroom and Real Life: The Power of Applied Learning

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Since 2009, he has taught History, English, and Theology in the United States, and has since expanded his expertise to the Social Sciences, Humanities, and Business studies in China. This means scaffolding teamwork, building communication skills, and offering different ways to contribute. Some students shine in front of an audience.

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Lights, camera, literacy: Student-created book reviews inspire a global reading culture

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When teens take the mic Recent studies show that reading for pleasure among teens is at an all-time low. They werent just completing an assignment–they were crafting their voices, practicing communication skills, and taking pride in their ability to share something they loved in a second language.

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5 reasons why game design is the best way to teach STEAM skills

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A study published in Frontiers in Psychology concluded that game-based learning has a moderate to large effect on students’ cognitive, social, emotional, motivational, and engagement outcomes–especially in early education. It’s a team effort that requires communication, trust, and collaboration.