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How students are managing back-to-school-stress

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percent), and writing papers or essays (44.1 These platforms help with tasks such as breaking down complex math problems, summarizing difficult readings, generating essay ideas, and even providing personalized study plans. The most common stressors include homework (55.1 percent), studying for tests (48.8 Alarmingly, 72.6

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Fostering metacognition and AI integration for ELLs

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Refining his essay : ChatGPT provided models and feedback that helped him improve coherence and argumentation. That made me think about how people see success differently, so I added that idea to my essay. That helped me finish that part of the essay. and Che Guevara. It gave examples like the American Dream.

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Accessibility Tools Can Be Transformative for Some Students. But at What Cost?

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During virtual learning from 2020 to 2021, that was condensed to 60 minutes and we spent much of our time focused on reading texts, answering text dependent questions and writing essays. Throughout the year, John went from barely writing a sentence to crafting five-paragraph essays with the support of that tool.

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What it Takes to Lead a School Where Students Love Themselves and Succeed Academically

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It’s not a mastery-based standard and it hasn’t been given the same weight as crafting a clear argument in an essay or explaining the relationship between photosynthesis and cellular respiration. In an essay penned in 1935, which has become one of the anchor texts I’ve drawn from throughout my career, W.E.B.

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Teaching ‘Digital Native’ College Students Who Understand TikTok — But Not Microsoft Excel

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In a 2021 survey from the College Innovation Network, 20 percent of students at four-year colleges said they struggled learning new edtech tools. And professors report that some students even have trouble using more fundamental computer programs to write essays or run calculations.

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Inspiring… or not

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Writing 5-paragraph essays about books that we don’t care about is not. Internships and community partnerships and impactful service learning opportunities are inspiring. Learning spaces that honor children’s dignity and value their worth are inspiring. Pretend word problems and scenarios are not.

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Micro-Writing is Having a Macro Impact on Identity Development

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Building a classroom community in which all students feel valued and respected, and creating a learning space where everyone feels safe openly sharing their stories will take a lot of work. Her partner Jasmine, has a college-level vocabulary, but gets bored quickly and often tunes out.

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