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Teacher-Authors: What’s Happening on my Writer’s Blog

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Dyslexia is a condition that affects people of all ages, male and female equally, and causes them to mix up letters and words they read making what for most is a joy-filled act challenging and frustrating. Dyslexia refers to a cluster of symptoms, that result in people having difficulties with specific language skills, particularly reading.

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The Early Childhood Education Stories You Loved Most in 2024

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The program splits the cost of child care equally between an employer, an employee and the state. But after spending two years observing and researching two seemingly similar, high-quality preschools in Madison, Wisconsin, the differences were too profound to ignore. We examine that and other findings from a recent report.

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

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11, she unearths troves of research and threads together narratives from around the globe to back up an idea that she has long known to be true in her own life. She has these dual researcher and practitioner hats. Many researchers have looked at the intersection of play and the number of friendships, and there is a clear connection.

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

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Students should be equal participants in their learning,” says Phipps. Her application is called TalkMoves, and a version of Jacob’s research is now being used by the tutoring company Saga Education to train first-time tutors. All teachers should have equal access to tools that can improve their teaching.

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How Does Acceleration Research Help Schools and Kids Rebound?

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Acceleration research says it is a way to do that. Dr. Nancy Frey has researched Acceleration Research along with Douglas Fisher and shared their results in Rebound: A Playbook for Rebuilding Agency, Accelerating Learning Recovery, and Rethinking Schools. This episode focuses specifically on acceleration research.

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COVID-19 Hit Schools Unequally, But Data Shows Learning Recovery Is Equally Slow

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For example, teachers serving schools with high levels of student poverty were far more likely to report that their students lacked appropriate remote-learning workspaces free of distractions during the pandemic, according to research from the U.S. And research from the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

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7 Good Google Scholar Alternatives for Academics and Student Researchers

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In fact, there is a number of other equally interesting and even more powerful academic search engines that you can use to search for academic and scholarly literature including peer-reviewed journal articles, books, scientific periodicals, reports, and many more. However, Google Scholar is not the be-all and end-all of academic search.

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