EDUCATION

Meaningful Engagement With Newcomer Parents Helps Everyone. Here’s How To Do It 

She’s done a slightly different version of this activity with elementary students’ parents, in which the parents each wrote a wish for their child on

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Reading and Math Scores in Latest National Report Card Highlight COVID and Pre-COVID Trends

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which provides data for the Nation’s Report Card, is mandated by Congress and is the largest nationally representative

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Four Strategies for a Successful Second Semester 

Like Luther, many teachers might have new students in their classrooms in the spring semester. Luther kick-starts these classes with value setting activities and check-ins,

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A Researcher Said the Evidence on Special Education Inclusion is Flawed. Readers Weighed In

The article notes that Dr. Fuchs “is concentrating on academic outcomes” and acknowledges that inclusion may have “psychological or social benefits” that were [not] studied.

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Gamification Fatigue? Try Game-Based Learning

Gamified learning activities can get students engaged really quickly, but these strategies don’t breed the long-lasting motivation for learning that most teachers look for, said

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Writing Notes Instead of Typing Research Pits Scholars Against Each Other

Neither mode approximated real life conditions. The students were instructed to write in cursive without lifting the stylus from the screen. And they were only

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Top Scholar Says Evidence for Special Education Inclusion is ‘Fundamentally Flawed’

Fuchs’ view challenges hundreds of studies that have consistently found that inclusive educational settings have substantial benefits for the cognitive and social development of children

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Boys Face Unique Challenges. Here’s How to Help Them Thrive

Media with boy characters that experience and express emotions can be hard to find, but they do exist, according to Whippman. She recommended Gordon Korman’s

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How Knowing Teen Brains a Little Better Can Help Coaches Be Effective Mentors

The mentor’s mindset shatters the idea that influential adults must be either tough guys or a soft touch. “Neither approach is good,” Yeager told me.

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What Does the Future Look Like For Colleges? Fewer Students and Fewer Campuses, Thanks to Past Events

Demographers say it will finally arrive nationwide in the fall of this year. That’s when recruiting offices will begin to confront the long-anticipated drop-off in