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The Early Childhood Education Stories You Loved Most in 2024

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With Kindergarten Readiness on the Decline, Some Districts Try New Interventions By Emily Tate Sullivan Across the country, elementary school teachers and leaders report that children are entering kindergarten worse off than their peers of the past. They have underdeveloped social-emotional and fine motor skills.

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Finding the Right Technology for Early Elementary Classrooms

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Inclusive Design Inclusive design in educational technology is crucial to ensure that all students, regardless of their abilities or backgrounds, have equal access to learning opportunities. Research supports the efficacy of inclusive design in improving educational outcomes.

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When Early Learning Serves as a Catalyst for Change

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A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in elementary education, Hensons career spans multiple grade levels and roles across Texas: teacher, instructional coach, principal and associate superintendent in various districts. One persistent challenge is that research, while invaluable, is ever-changing.

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Will Teachers Listen to Feedback From AI? Researchers Are Betting on It

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Keara Phipps, an elementary school teacher from Atlanta, says that TeachFX showed her she “talked too much” in her classes. Students should be equal participants in their learning,” says Phipps. All teachers should have equal access to tools that can improve their teaching. This feature wasn’t possible to add six months ago.

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What Motivates Teachers to Enter the Profession?

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As professors and researchers in university teaching and learning programs, we’re fascinated by this question. Studying Preservice Teacher Motivations Previously, researchers have primarily looked at in-service teacher motivations. Yet noble individuals press forward and choose to educate our children anyway.

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100th Day of School — It’s about Learning

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It is particularly popular in elementary schools, often filled with fun and educational activities centered around the number 100. History Research what happened the hundredth year of your home country’s existence. jumping jacks, sit-ups, and deep knee bends) to learn the concept that 10 sets of 10 equal 100.

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Will Banning TikTok Make Kids Safer Online? It’s More Complicated Than That

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While it’s true that young people are increasingly struggling with mental health issues at the same time social media usage is ballooning, today’s available research simply hasn’t found one of those to be the driving force behind the other — in sum, correlation does not equal causation. While the U.S.

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