EDUCATION
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College Credit for Working Your Job? Walmart and McDonald’s Are Trying It
She’d returned to college in her late 40s using Walmart’s tuition-assistance program after joining the company as a part-time stocker.…
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Are Some Children Really More Sensitive? Research Says Yes, But It Varies by Situation
1. Parent praise 2. Parent stress 3. Child mood 4. Child sleep Any parent of a toddler (especially any parent…
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They Weren’t Yet in School When COVID Hit. The Pandemic Still Set Back the Youngest Students.
It’s also possible that schools targeted more academic support to older children and teens. “We can see it as a…
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New York City Is Moving to Ban Phones From School. Will It Work?
With New York and Los Angeles now poised to become the two largest districts to address those concerns with new…
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Pandemic Aid to Schools Paid Off, But We Don’t Know How
The most interesting nuggets from the two reports, however, were how the academic gains varied wildly across the nation. That’s…
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Congress Poured Billions of Dollars Into Schools. Did It Help Students Learn?
The federal relief “was worth the investment,” Reardon tells NPR. “It led to significant improvements in children’s academic performance… It…
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We Know Transitions Can Be Tough for Kids. It’s True for Adults, Too.
From Becoming an Everyday Changemaker by Alex Shevrin Venet. © 2024 Routledge/Taylor & Francis. Reproduced with permission. Change is unsettling.…
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Each Student Has a Different Reading Journey. Many Fall Into These 3 Categories.
Me: “What?! I assume you loved it?” Student: “Yup. It was so good.” Me: “Did you even sleep?!” Occasionally, the…
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5 Reasons To Keep Up Read-Alouds Beyond Kindergarten
Brenda Krupp, a reading specialist and co-author of Welcome to Reading Workshop, recommended that teachers pre-read the book and make…
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Kindergartners Are Missing a Lot of School. This District Has a Fix
In many K-12 schools across the country, an alarming number of children have been chronically absent – an old problem…
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