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Innovative ideas for school libraries

eSchool News

Key points: School libraries have evolved to offer students and teachers everything they need See article: Modern students need modern librarians See article: 10 reasons we love school librarians For more news on school libraries, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching page What makes an effective school library?

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‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

The Hechinger Report

. — At the beginning of every school year, April Johnson oversees distribution of the Covington County School District student handbook. Tucked into the first half of the handbook is a section titled “Corporal Punishment.”. Yet students at Collins Elementary join the increasingly isolated ranks of those legally paddled at school.

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Using ESSER Funds Effectively for PBL and STEM: Advice From the Experts

edWeb.net

During the edLeader Panel, “ Utilizing ESSER Funding to Implement PBL + STEM Initiatives ,” a panel of educational peers engaged in a lively discussion about how to best invest funding from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) in high-impact project-based learning (PBL) and STEM initiatives across the nation.

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From ‘We Should’ to ‘Here’s How,’ The Rise of Mastery Learning in Schools

EdTechTeacher

We are all looking forward to the October release of Jon Bergmann’s The Mastery Learning Handbook: A Competency-Based Approach to Student Achievement ook. The transition of the literature from “we should” to “here’s how” is quite exciting. ” Change is not hard but it takes work.

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Are Your Students as Far Behind as Mine?

Turning Learning On Its Head

Since I have a library of instructional videos and text documents for students to get the initial learning from, I have time-shifted myself, and now students can learn the “next” thing asynchronously without my doing direct instruction to the whole class at the same time. This is where flipped learning comes in. Learn More.

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Are Your Students as Far Behind as Mine?

EdTechTeacher

Since I have a library of instructional videos and text documents for students to get the initial learning from, I have time-shifted myself and now students can learn the “next” thing asynchronously without my doing direct instruction to the whole class at the same time. . So if I can do it… When do you teach ? Learn More.

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How to use digital textbooks in the K-12 classroom

Hapara

Third grade language arts – “Native American Stories” This elementary digital textbook has ten 80-minute lessons, which can be broken up to fit shorter class sessions. Digital Backpack even includes an already-built library of openly-licensed and public textbooks that your school or district can distribute.

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