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The new homeschoolers: More diverse, very committed

The Hechinger Report

But Native American and Muslim leaders say they believe rates have increased in their communities as well, after the pandemic gave families the time and space to reflect on whether traditional schools were really serving their needs. Related: Schools provide stability for refugees. Covid-19 upended that. You’re stronger minded.

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Competitive Coders Are the Future of Esports and the Rising Stars of Computer Science

ED Surge

CodeCombat AI League trailer (credit: CodeCombat) A Foundation of Game-Based Learning Founded in 2013, CodeCombat was born from a simple idea: Make learning to code engaging and accessible to all. Preparing a generation of programmers who can think creatively about code and problem solving in non-traditional ways opens up so much opportunity.

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Teacher Engagement Part II: Emotional Engagement

Catlin Tucker

Emotional engagement encompasses a teachers’ feelings about, degree of dedication to, and emotional response to their work (Perera, Vosicka, Granziera & McIlveen, 2018; Klassen, Yerdelen & Durksen, 2013).

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Teaching Broke My Heart. That's Why I Resigned.

ED Surge

In North Carolina, where I live, teachers are paid for “show time” with students, but there is little regard—and certainly no reward—for the hours of unpaid preparation and lesson planning it takes to keep a classroom running. In 2013, North Carolina got rid of master’s pay increases. It’s just a reality of the job.

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When kids pick their ‘trusted adult,’ it pays off

The Hechinger Report

Superintendent Rico Munn made mental health a priority when he came to Aurora Public Schools in 2013. The school year was so atypical, traditional measures such as attendance, behavior and course completion are skewed. “It And we had a whole host of indicators that we were not connecting with our students in the right way,” he said.

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What happens when two separate and unequal school districts merge?

The Hechinger Report

In July 2013, the Mississippi legislature mandated the consolidation of Starkville and Oktibbeha County school districts in an effort to save money and ensure a better education for students in the low-performing Oktibbeha County schools. Related: Is consolidation the answer for Mississippi’s struggling schools? Photo: Nicole Lewis.

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Game Changer: When teachers prove they can teach all kinds of students

The Hechinger Report

It focuses on lesson planning, instruction, assessment and academic language – all in support of student learning. The results from our large scale field trials and two years of operational use are promising – data show more equitable results for edTPA than traditional standardized measures of teaching knowledge and skills.