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PROOF POINTS: A third of public school children were chronically absent after classrooms re-opened, advocacy group says

The Hechinger Report

This unlikely outcome very probably reflects the fact that most districts stopped taking daily attendance once school buildings closed,” Chang said. And she suggests that elementary school students be assigned the same teacher for more than one year, a practice called “looping” in education jargon, to build longer lasting relationships.

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How the Substitute Teacher Shortage Is Impacting Teacher Professional Development

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It’s 7:00 am, and I’m on my second trek from my car to our centralized district meeting space, lugging snacks, supplies and chart paper as I prepare to lead a workshop on best practices for technology integration for a group of 15 elementary teachers in my district.

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Education Has Been Hammering the Wrong Nail. We Have to Focus on the Early Years.

Edsurge

Moreover, children who are expelled in preschool or early elementary are 10 times more likely to be incarcerated. We have focused our energies, resources and talent on the K-12 years—specifically, K-12 schools, and even more narrowly, individual cognitive K-12 outcomes, such as reading or math.

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New data: Even within the same district some wealthy schools get millions more than poor ones

The Hechinger Report

O’Neal Elementary School, in Elgin, Illinois, none of the third graders could read and write at grade level according to state tests in 2019. Just nine miles away sits Centennial Elementary School, where 73 percent of third graders met grade-level standards on that same test. At Ronald D. This story also appeared in Daily Herald.

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Learning to Breathe: Educators Use Yoga and Meditation to Reduce Burnout

Edsurge

She spent many of her weekends this past fall at an elementary school in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district, alongside 83 other peers, including fellow classroom teachers and other educators. Rose, who teaches first and second grade special education at Los Cerritos Elementary School in South San Francisco, felt like she was “was drowning.”

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Homeless Students Are Missing School. Does Having a Separate School for Them Help or Hurt?

Edsurge

But that study did not track academic outcomes or chronic absence rates. Meanwhile, critics allege that the school’s academic outcomes are actually “terrible” compared to homeless students who study at traditional public schools. So does the model work? Are more schools for students experiencing homelessness a good idea?

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New Teacher-Focused Program Launched to Drive Literacy Results for Alaska Students

eSchool News

The program will utilize federal funds under the Every Student Succeeds Act, Title II and feature CORE’s Online Elementary Reading Academy (OERA), as well as individualized coaching sessions for each participating teacher. Portland, Ore., Oakland, Calif., Instructors will provide support to participants through feedback and dialogue.