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Look to the Science: Understanding how Mind, Brain and Education Science can Inform Educational Practices

k12 Digest

John Fisher College of Education and brings almost 30 years of diverse experience in the field of education. Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal.

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28+ Exciting Experiments for Kids in Elementary School

Teachers Pay Teachers

Science Experiments | Special Education | Science Worksheets | Adapted Science By Simply Special Ed Grade: K-12 Adapted for a special education classroom, this bundle includes ten visual experiments, such as inflating a balloon, lava lamp, walking water, magic milk, bubble snake, and floating egg.

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Special Education Departments Explore Advanced Technology in Their Classrooms

EdTech Magazine

They came back already knowing how to use programs and what it can do and can’t do,” says Crist, a special education teacher at the district’s elementary school. The students were so excited to use a new technology that no one else in the school had, he says. “I “I told my kids it was coming.

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Dyslexia teachers using technology to help kids love reading

eSchool News

Leslie Patterson said she knew nothing about dyslexia when she first became an elementary school teacher. Next page: How educators are using Bookshare to reach students with dyslexia. Making a difference.

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How academic teaming put this school on track for success

eSchool News

What does it take to turn around a chronically under-performing school? If you ask educators at Moseley Elementary School, it takes determined school leaders and teachers with the ability to give students a purpose each day–and a strategy called academic teaming.

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School social workers fill critical gaps in student care

eSchool News

As a social worker for an in-district classroom inside of a Texas elementary school, I have the honor of serving some of the most vulnerable students in our community. Social workers are a unique component in the education system because we are trained to focus on both the student and their environment.

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Students Step up to Lead Tech Implementation at Their Elementary School

Edsurge

Maggie is a fifth grader at Roosevelt Elementary School in Park Ridge, Illinois and in Fall 2017, she was trained to become a “TechXpert” at her school so she could coach fellow students daily during the tech lab at the LRC. This allowed us to offer a week of access to the tech lab to two classes at a time.