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Is Student Absenteeism a Growing Problem at Colleges, Too?

ED Surge

She’s also director of the Center for Teaching Excellence there, which provides faculty with support for instruction, edtech, course design, classroom management and grading. And now we have more humane guidelines around that. I mean, I think they're very aware of the economic reality. You've signed up to go to college.

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TEACHER VOICE: Why that chatty student driving you nuts could become president of the United States

The Hechinger Report

After all, the rhythm of the traditional classroom doesn’t leave much room for chatting among students, and socializing in class is often viewed as a proxy for poor behavior or inattentiveness. A recent study from the World Economic Forum suggests that our chattiest students may be well poised for tomorrow’s world of work.”.

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Former educators answer call to return to school

The Hechinger Report

Leave this field empty if you're human: JPS has recruited retirees by increasing financial incentives. Many of the students hail from economically disadvantaged households; 78 percent of the students in the school system qualify for free or reduced meals. Sign up for our Mississippi Learning newsletter. Choose as many as you like.

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8 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2024

Cult of Pedagogy

Think of AI products as good rough drafts — to reach the level of quality we want for our classrooms, these drafts need your human touch to fine-tune them. It includes lesson plans, activities, templates, and classroom management solutions that allow you to monitor student work and give feedback as they go.

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Unpacking Trauma-Informed Teaching

Cult of Pedagogy

” She also found that much of the equity work being done in schools looked very similar to trauma-informed approaches, “being caring, paying more attention to the humans that we all are, looking at our strengths. All of those things feel really similar.

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‘More than a warm body’: Schools try long-term solutions to substitute teacher shortage

The Hechinger Report

Chad Golden, executive director of human resources, also added a position in his office dedicated to recruiting substitutes. Jay Midwood, chief of human capital for the district, recalled his thinking at the time. The role of the substitute teacher was obsolete,” he said. “It It just wasn’t working anymore.

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OPINION: Teachers with guns — it might be even worse than you think

The Hechinger Report

Unlike police, whose job it is to quickly determine when force is necessary to constrain dangerous behavior, teachers serve the public best when they see the human potential in each child and actively work over time to remove barriers that prevent children from growing into their limitless selves. Sign up for our newsletter. Weekly Update.