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How to Increase Family Involvement with Connection

Waterford

Writing for Districtadministration.com , Morris notes that successful family engagement begins by centering on families and their needs, just like teachers center children in their classrooms. Including families in the planning of these events can help them be invested in the classroom. Family Volunteering Have a field trip coming up?

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The Lessons Learned Online That Will Shape Education After the Pandemic

Edsurge

Even before the pandemic, broadband and mobile technology was expanding connectivity across the globe, hybrid and virtual classrooms were gaining steam in providing personalized learning to students, and project-based learning was proving to be an effective, engaging and increasingly popular pedagogy.

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

EdNews Daily

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. She brings over a decade of classroom teaching experience in both the United States and abroad.

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Students Are Slipping Through the Cracks of Special Education. Schools Must Do Better.

Edsurge

Special education services often included classes separate from the regular classroom. Yet it wasn’t until RTI was funded through the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act in 2004 that more districts seriously began to consider adopting the framework. Name changed to protect student privacy.

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Diversifying Your Classroom Book Collections? Avoid these 7 Pitfalls

MindShift

Some have publicly proclaimed the steps they will take to create anti-racist schools , including diversifying classroom and library bookshelves. That task may be easier than ever, thanks to six years of advocacy by the We Need Diverse Books campaign. Evaluate older books that are already in your classroom. Stopping at the Text.

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Insights from CoSN Community Leadership Award for Digital Equity Winners

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Dr. Kelly May-Vollmar has worked in education since 2004. She served as a classroom teacher, academic coach, site principal, and chief innovation and information officer (CIIO) prior to starting her current position as Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services. You can follow him on Twitter @scaughtsb.

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Positive Behavior Supports Creating Meaningful Life Options for People with ASD

Digital Promise

These contexts involve social interactions, activities and routines, and biological factors (McAtee, Carr, & Schulte, 2004). Classroom intervention for illness-related problem behavior in children with developmental disabilities. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 9, 3-14. Carr, E.G., & Blakeley-Smith, A. Horner, R.H.,

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