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Educators Speak Out About Leadership, Identity and Systemic Change

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Addressing Systemic Challenges and Supporting Educator Sustainability Last but not least, educators were not only adamant about the systemic challenges of K-12 education, but also expressed ways schools and districts can work to better support the retention of educators in our schools.

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Three Districts Took the Long View With Federal Relief Funds. Their Bets Are Paying Off.

Edsurge

Dominguez had a longer term vision for the remaining rounds of pandemic emergency funding: Hire teaching assistants for early elementary classrooms to help the districts youngest learners, who were struggling with math and reading as a result of uneven exposure to school during remote learning. We had support from universities.

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Re-Visiting Ivan Illich: Deschooling Society

Teacher Toms Blog

Health, learning, dignity, independence, and creative endeavor are defined as little more than the performance of the institutions which claim to serve these ends, and their improvement is made to depend on allocating more resources to the management of hospitals, schools, and other agencies in question.” Recesses were long and frequent.

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We are All Self-Educated

Teacher Toms Blog

When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school It's a wonder I can think at all. And though my lack of education hasn't hurt me none I can read the writing on the wall. I often think that I didn't learn to read as much as discovered that I could. This too is an ongoing process.

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For Better and Worse

Teacher Toms Blog

Right now, many teachers are seeing a sharp drop in focus during reading and writing (thanks to cell phones) and a growing dependence on AI to think and write. Too much screen time in elementary school is delaying reading and writing skills, weakening focus, and hurting social development." We are already in one." "Too

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What students are reading

eSchool News

While that resolution was a complete failure (I still have unread books on my shelf), it reignited my love of reading. While that resolution was a complete failure (I still have unread books on my shelf), it reignited my love of reading. Each year, I document my #BritReads reading journey on my social media channels.

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Why we love our reading software

eSchool News

It’s no secret that strong reading skills are part of the foundation of students’ academic success. Without a solid reading foundation, students are more likely to perform poorly or drop out of school. Reading programs. years of growth in approximately seven months as measured on the Qualitative Reading Inventory.”.

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