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PROOF POINTS: Learning science might help kids read better

The Hechinger Report

Natalie Wexler’s 2019 best-selling book, The Knowledge Gap , championed knowledge-building curricula and more schools around the country, from Baltimore to Michigan to Colorado , are adopting these content-filled lesson plans to teach geography, astronomy and even art history. A new study, published online on Feb. That’s hard.

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Four Trailblazing Native American Scientists

Studies Weekly

Schools that implement comprehensive emotional learning and well-being programs saw a 10% reduction in absenteeism rates within a single academic year, according to a 2019 Journal of Educational Psychology study. Journal of Educational Psychology, 111(3), 502-517. Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education. Jones, M.,

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Beyond Screens: The Benefits of Paper-Based Learning for Elementary Students

Studies Weekly

Current Directions in Psychological Science , 27 (5). 2019, September 27). Frontiers in Psychology , 10. 2019, August 22). Social media, texting, and personality: A test of the shallowing hypothesis. Personality and Individual Differences , 115 , 154–158. Backes, B., & Cowan, J. Is the pen mightier than the keyboard?

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Four Trailblazing Native American Scientists

Studies Weekly

These spacewalks are commemorated on the reverse of the 2019 Sacagawea dollar coin. Addressing the psychological and spiritual aspects of healing was important as well. Herrington honored his heritage by carrying six eagle feathers, a braid of sweet grass, two arrowheads, and the Chickasaw Nation’s flag into space.

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All the ways to teach vocabulary

Maitri Learning

2019; McBride-Chang, et al., For more information, download our free lesson plan describing how to use Matching Cards. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 92(2), 140-160. But, this isn't just about reading literacy, it's also about social cognition and connection. 2018; Marks et al., 2005; Romeo, et al.,

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Teaching among the ashes: ‘It’s not just your house that burned, it’s everyone’s’

The Hechinger Report

A year and a half after the deadliest and most destructive fire in California history, students are coping with the psychological consequences of living through a megadisaster that sent them running for their lives. It was a 180 turn.”. I just think we’re in for a big storm for a while.” But I can’t.”

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

The Hechinger Report

Now, new studies warn of the pandemic’s potentially “debilitating effects” on children’s psychological, developmental and educational progress as anxiety, depression and loneliness increased over the last year. Even before the pandemic, one in five children in the U.S.

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