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Supporting Students and Faculty in the Online Classroom: Slow Down and Simplify at the End

Faculty Focus

One way to create this boundary is to make it clear to supervisors and students that unless there is a critical emergency, there will be no responses to emails or grading during a set time of hours, such as between 7pm and 7am. Gray is a professor of English and the creator and director of the Writing Center at the College of Coastal Georgia.

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Supporting Students and Faculty in the Online Classroom: Slow Down and Simplify at the End

Faculty Focus

One way to create this boundary is to make it clear to supervisors and students that unless there is a critical emergency, there will be no responses to emails or grading during a set time of hours, such as between 7pm and 7am. Gray is a professor of English and the creator and director of the Writing Center at the College of Coastal Georgia.

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78 Scholarly & Creative 7th Grade Writing Prompts

Teachers Pay Teachers

With these engaging 7th grade writing prompts, students will dive into a world of self-expression. Challenge your advanced writers with writing prompts for middle school that go beyond 7th grade expectations. Informational Writing Choice Board (Distance Learning) By Swain in the Middle Grades: 5th-8th Standards: CCSS W5.2,

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Austin Independent School District Selects IXL to Support Classroom Instruction and Distance Learning

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IXL Learning , the K-12 personalized learning platform used by 11 million students, today announced a three-year agreement with Austin Independent School District to bring its adaptive software to approximately 70,000 students. Austin ISD is the fifth-largest school district in Texas and serves a diverse student body.

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Lexia Learning’s PowerUp Literacy Program is 2.5x More Effective in Helping English Learners Close Critical Reading Gaps

eSchool News

Many English Learners (ELs) across the United States have gone months without exposure to the academic English they require for success in school and that they would normally receive in formal education settings. The study focused on 122 sixth-grade students enrolled in six supplemental reading classes at two district middle schools.

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5 character development strategies for a dual immersion classroom

eSchool News

It’s important for teachers to find ways to teach social-emotional learning and character development to help their students build the skills necessary to process the events of 2020 and to persevere and succeed in (for many students) a distance learning or hybrid environment. The program has been a success.

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Savvas Delivers Innovative Back-to-School Solutions to Help Teachers, Students and Families Succeed with Distance Learning

eSchool News

After listening to educators, parents and caregivers from across the country, Savvas Learning Company today introduced a range of platform enhancements and new K-12 educational products aimed at making distance learning more impactful. Savvas Realize Optimized for Distance Learning.