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9 ways to honor diversity and cultivate safe learning spaces

eSchool News

By honoring and embracing our students’ cultural backgrounds, we not only create a sense of belonging but also enhance their educational journey. When schools actively honor students’ cultures and identities, they fulfill these basic safety needs, allowing students to focus more fully on their academic and personal growth.

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Engage Younger Students with Tech the Right Way

eSchool News

In this recent conversation with eSchool News, John touches on integrating technology into primary classrooms, highlighting the need for a scaffolded approach, where EdTech complements traditional teaching methods. Diversity and Representation: John discusses the importance of diversity and representation in educational content.

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Understanding learning styles via Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences

eSchool News

They are influenced by factors such as genetics, culture, and life experiences. While some students thrive in a visually rich environment (absorbing knowledge through images and spatial representations), some excel in a more auditory setting (preferring lectures, discussions, and storytelling).

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Schools and districts that ignore TikTok’s lessons are bound to fail

eSchool News

It can be as micro as a class observing a bag of popping corn or as macro as tying recent weather events to a discussion on climate change. it’s using a viral Rick Ross video as a teaching moment about camels. This leads to a culture of experimentation, creation, and inquiry. Or, if you’re Maynard Kereke (Hip Hop M.D.),

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AEF Schools: Empowering Students with Individualized Learning, Social Growth, and Real-World Skills

k12 Digest

Instead of relying on rigid teaching methods, AEF Schools tailor their curriculum to each student, ensuring academic progress while strengthening executive functioning, social skills, and real-world problem-solving abilities. At the heart of AEFs teaching methods is the belief that learning should be engaging and accessible.

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A look at one school’s innovative approach to PD

eSchool News

This includes in-person and tech-enabled learning that is specifically focused on strengthening culturally responsive teaching, differentiated instruction, and inclusive practices. Teachers then engage in structured discussions using observations from both the AI and peer coaching portions of the cycle as talking points.

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Celebrate National Distance Learning Week Nov. 8-12 with Live, Daily Free Programs for K-12

eSchool News

In the midst of the second pandemic-disrupted year the field has flexed, adapted and evolved to encompass a myriad of teaching methods to a wide-ranging student population. . – Distance learning has long been a part of the education landscape. In May 2020 demand for online educational courses was up 250% from the previous year.