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How to Differentiate Instruction in Elementary Math

The CoolCatTeacher

Understandably, kindergarten and elementary teachers need to reach every student where they are on their learning journey, but it isn't always easy. Episode 793 - The 10 Minute Teacher Podcast How to Differentiate Math Instruction in the Elementary Classroom Dr. Carol Ann Tomlinson. eSpark is free forever for teachers.

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PROOF POINTS: As teacher layoffs loom, research evidence mounts that seniority protections hurt kids in poverty

The Hechinger Report

The last time there were mass teacher layoffs was after the 2008 recession. Economists estimate that 120,000 elementary, middle and high school teachers lost their jobs between 2008 and 2012. A more detailed list of teacher layoff laws by state is in the appendix. Budget cuts can create some messy situations.

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Keyboarding Basics Part 1

Ask a Tech Teacher

Zeitz, 2008. An overview of research says elementary and middle schoolage students are cognitively, emotionally, and physically capable of learning and excelling at keyboarding skills. Is elementary school too early—or too late? Here–briefly–is a summation of the research: 1 Why Learn Keyboarding.

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Tic Tack Toe in the Blended Classroom

A Principal's Reflections

The other day I was conducting some learning walks with the administrative team at Wells Elementary School in the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (CFISD). Unlike our learning walks in the past, the teachers at Wells Elementary did not know I was going to be in the building on this particular day.

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PROOF POINTS: Tracing Black-white achievement gaps since the Brown decision

The Hechinger Report

Students are expected to have learned to read by age 9, which corresponds to third or fourth grade in elementary school. The gap between white and Black students hasn't improved much since 2008. As students moved from elementary to middle school, the improvement in reading for Black students was dramatic in the 1970s and 1980s.

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PROOF POINTS: Schools staff up as student enrollment drops

The Hechinger Report

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift In the past decade, the population of elementary, middle and high school students in Massachusetts dropped by 42,000 while the number of school employees grew by 18,000. That’s because Americans made fewer babies after the 2008 recession. What’s behind the apparent imbalance? Follow the money.

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Ways to Teach Communication Skills in the Classroom

Waterford

Read alouds can be useful for teaching communication skills to elementary students. Name writing practice (Spanish: Escritura de nombre ): This worksheet helps early elementary students practice writing their name. Developing Early Literacy: Report of the National Early Literacy Panel 2008. Waterford.org, April 2021.

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