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Passionate About Second Language Acquisition: Meet Inkeri, English Teacher at 51Talk

EdNews Daily

After completing undergraduate school in 2001, I began my teaching career as a substitute teacher at various Oregon districts. In 2003-2004, I taught a first grade English immersion classroom for the City of Espoo’s Jalavapuisto elementary school. My advocacy for second language and culture learning is reflected in my personal life.

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Improving Social-Emotional and Reading Skills

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A recent edWebinar led by Bobbi Bear, Director of Customer Advocacy for Achieve3000, identified effective ways to integrate SEL with reading instruction, through classroom conversations about nonfiction and fiction texts. Additionally, Bobbi served as a learning facilitator, encouraging students to take ownership of their learning.

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Teachers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your pain!

The Hechinger Report

In the run-up to a new school year, I was proud to contribute $100 to the parent teacher association at my son’s school for classroom supplies. AP Photo/Ted S. It seemed an uncontroversial ask — of course I wanted his class to have the supplies they needed for the year. Between 2005 and 2017, public schools in the U.S.

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How one district went all-in on a tutoring program to catch kids up

The Hechinger Report

“Frankly, students didn’t lose anything, they just never had the opportunity to learn it,” said Allison Socol, an assistant director at The Education Trust, a nonprofit education research and advocacy organization. Both Obimma and VonSeggen tutored remotely, but some tutors have come back into the classroom along with the students.

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Why haven’t new federal rules unleashed more innovation in schools?

The Hechinger Report

“The bad news is we’re not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,” said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida-based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning. Related: In one state, students are ditching classrooms for jobs.

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The Drug Enforcement Administration and Discovery Education name grand prize winner of Operation Prevention Video Challenge

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Available at no cost, the initiative’s resources help promote lifesaving discussions in the home and classroom. About the DEA Educational Foundation Established in 2001, the DEA Educational Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to preventing drug abuse. Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc.,

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Hidden toll: Thousands of schools fail to count homeless students

The Hechinger Report

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, first enacted in 1987 and expanded in 2001, requires that districts take specific actions to help unstably housed students complete school. Districts must waive enrollment requirements, such as immunization forms, that could keep kids out of the classroom. Is this actually what we want?’”.