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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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For Teens Online, Conspiracy Theories Are Commonplace. Media Literacy Is Not.

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News literacy is fundamental to preparing students to become active, critically thinking members of our civic life — which should be one of the primary goals of a public education,” Kim Bowman, News Literacy Project senior research manager and author of the report, said in an email interview. “If

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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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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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Evidence Shows That Home Visits Support Children and Families. Here’s What to Know.

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It's almost equally … about helping our families find the proper resources to improve their lives and improve maternal mental health,” notes Pedlar, the home visitor in San Antonio. Home visits have traditionally been delivered to parents and primary caregivers. But the role of a home visitor extends beyond that.