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Relationships Are Key to Kids’ Growth — And They’re in Crisis, Expert Says

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Isabelle Hau : The primary driver of writing this book is actually tied to a personal story, which I described in the book. What can parents and primary caregivers, but also educators and school leaders, do in today's environment to promote social connection and relational intelligence? Maybe this is an exceptional data point.

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Using a Student-Centered Approach to Promote Computational Thinking

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Tony Lam, head of mathematics at Marymount Primary School in Hong Kong, recognized the mindset change required to create a student-centered coding experience. Lam: Marymount, an all-girls school, was one of the first primary schools in Hong Kong to implement the CoolThink curriculum.

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What Motivates Teachers to Enter the Profession?

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Living in an impoverished neighborhood and struggling to learn English as my second language, and a daughter of Mexican immigrant parents who didn’t even get to finish primary school … I was fortunate to have many teachers who became my role models … I want to pay forward what my teachers did for me.”

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To Serve All of Our Students, 'We Have to Do Something Different'

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Our primary guide for observing these learning environments was a book by Vanderbilt University Professor Rich Milner called Start Where You Are, But Don’t Stay There , which offers a framework of opportunity-centered teaching. We often neglect to discuss the real impacts of diverse life experiences and circumstances.

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This Program Is Empowering the Next Generation of Computational Thinkers

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Not every student has an equal opportunity to learn modern, basic technology that is essential to lucrative careers, such as in STEM fields. Global Benchmarking of Computational Thinking Education in Primary Schools. PD will be scaled to build teacher capacity for the whole primary education sector. Pedagogy & Curriculum.

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The 10 Best Languages to Learn

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While there are no right or wrong languages to learn, languages are certainly not equal. Russian : 258,000,000 speakers (Primary language in Russia and is also spoken as second language in other countries of the former Soviet Union) 9. The list below features the 10 most spoken languages of the world in 2022.

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When Parent Engagement Is Low, Teachers Must Make the Connection Between Schools and Families

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While this is my primary job, schools and districts cannot forget that our roles are to support our families in this teaching and learning process, and we cannot do this work without our parents. If teaching the ‘whole’ child is important, involving their parents is equally important.

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