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Identifying life purpose helps teens in career path exploration
Sheilamary Koch EducationBy the time most children reach their teenage years, they've heard the question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" more times than they care to remember. How can educators support students explore this question at a time when the future holds little certainty?
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A tale of 2 twice-exceptional learners, 30 years apart
Susan Winebrenner EducationSome years ago, my husband, Dr. Neil Winebrenner, was a superintendent of a school district in suburban Chicago. He knew of all my work in gifted education, and he was prepared to meet a very unusual family. A mom and dad made an appointment to ask for his help in creating a custom school program for their very gifted son, Kurt, who was in 4th grade. They described a child who was extremely capable in almost all subject areas, but was significantly disorganized.
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Teaching practical interactive grammar
Douglas Magrath EducationGrammar instruction is vital, but the methodology is continuing to shift to a more student-centered approach that actively involves the learners.
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A guide to observing your child’s instruction
Howard Margolis EducationAs your child begins the second part of his (or her) academic year, you shudder with anxiety and anger as you learn that his motivation has plummeted as his learning difficulties have intensified. You wonder if his teacher is competent, if she's even following his Individualized Education Program (IEP).
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What do top-performing school districts do well?
Brian Stack EducationEducation Week recently released the first of what will be three reports entitled, "Quality Counts 2018: A Report Card for States and the Nation on K-12 Education." Now in its 22nd year, the publication "aims to illuminate what the high-performing states did well, how low-performers are approaching improvement, and lessons for boosting the quality of K-12 education overall."
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K-12 schools: The need for computational thinking
Bambi Majumdar EducationAs we race toward tech-based education, it has become imperative that students not only become familiar with emerging technologies but also internalize them. One way to ensure that they do so is to move beyond limited coding exercises and start learning computational thinking.
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Step forward to make life better and save the world
Debra Josephson Abrams EducationOn the school playground 52 years ago, the new boy and I giggled and laughed as we stretched ourselves from monkey bar to monkey bar, seeing who could skip the most and reach the farthest. I liked him, had a crush on him the way a second-grader can have a crush. I think he liked me, too.
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Using wordless books with English learners
Erick Herrmann EducationThe thought of a book without words might sound strange. How can students read a book without words? If you have ever seen, read or taught a wordless book, you are familiar with their value.
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Incorporating multimedia video to differentiate instruction
Savanna Flakes EducationLooking for ways to utilize technology in your quest to create a differentiated classroom? Check out this blog and the interactive graphic by Cool Tools for 21st Century Learners that leads you to new technology resources.
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Stressed at school: The rise in anxiety among teens
Brian Stack EducationOne of the most difficult and often frustrating tasks I have to perform as a school principal is that of working with students who have high rates of absenteeism. Students miss school for all sorts of reasons, and many of those are beyond their control to overcome without some sort of intervention or assistance from someone, either the school or another adult.
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