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Progress in getting underrepresented people into college and skilled jobs may be stalling because of the pandemic

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Heather Hunter, a psychology major at Wichita State University who has a part-time job in a foster-care agency, said only four high school students in foster care showed up for a workshop to help them fill out that federal form required to qualify for financial aid. We have to fight three times as hard now.”. College enrollments have fallen.

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How to Bring to Life the Science of Reading

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Imagine Learning EL Education aligns with the concept of high-quality instructional materials (HQIMs). Content-Based Literacy with Imagine Learning EL Education : Find out more about an instructional approach that focuses on teaching content rather than comprehension skills in isolation.

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Why Educator Wellness Matters

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Now, I think of sleep as avoiding physical exhaustion, while rest is more about avoiding daily psychological exhaustion. The definition helped us to build our three routines around mental wellness: decision, balance and self-efficacy. It was treated almost like mental illness.

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Can Video Games Help Early Learners Grow?

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Video Game Design With the Child in Mind The definition of the term “video game” has evolved over time and even now, it varies across sectors. Due to these varying definitions, the size of the current market of video games for early learners is tough to gauge. So it’s definitely a challenge,” she says. We can play with motion.

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How Instructors Are Adapting to a Rise in Student Disengagement

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My next class was in the psychology department, on the topic of lifespan development. That definitely wasn’t the case for the professors I met while at Texas State, though. The class covers how humans change over different points in their lives, and it’s taught by Amy Meeks, a senior lecturer who has been teaching for 20 years.

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Why Don’t Early Childhood Programs Have Access to Substitute Teachers?

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We dont afford that kind of support to educators who, frankly, spend all of their time with tiny germ factories who are constantly getting themselves and everybody else sick, Hogan says. Its physically, emotionally and psychologically demanding work, and we provide no respite, from a system or policy level, for this, she adds.

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After a Decade Working in Mental Health, This Future Teacher Is Headed for the Classroom

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More than a decade after earning his bachelor’s degree in psychology, Davenport is a student once again, pursuing his license to become a high school special education teacher. I still didn't really know what I wanted to do, but psychology definitely grabbed my attention.