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How to Do a Close Reading Lesson in Any Subject

Cult of Pedagogy

By the middle of elementary school, it is assumed that most students have basic decoding skills they know how to turn letters into sounds and sounds into words, but reading is a lot more than saying the words on the page. Come back for more. Over 50,000 teachers have already joinedcome on in.

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This School Librarian Thinks Her Job Is the ‘Best-Kept Secret in Education’

ED Surge

Jami Rhue thought her first stint as a school librarian would be a quick detour in her career as a classroom teacher. But by the time she was heading up her own elementary school classroom in Chicago, she found herself missing the library and longing to teach media literacy again. She said, Please don't.

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Come for the computers, stay for the books

The Hechinger Report

Traci Chun, a teacher-librarian at Skyview High School in Vancouver, Washington, and junior Ulises Santillano Tlaseca troubleshoot a 3D printing job in the library’s maker space. Traci Chun, a teacher-librarian at Skyview High School in Vancouver, Washington, is all done with shushing. Photo: Kelsey Aske.

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Reading Logs Are Used to Hold Kids Accountable, But They Can Make Reading Feel Like a Chore

ED Surge

As the start of the school year kicks off across the country, elementary school teachers work hour upon hour to create welcoming, joyous spaces for learning. They set up their classrooms, consult the curriculum, make lesson plans and determine their routines. Let Kids Choose S.R.

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PROOF POINTS: The life of an online tutor can resemble that of an assembly line worker

The Hechinger Report

There, he tutored fellow undergraduates the old-fashioned way, in person, in the library. An elementary school teacher, she was suddenly teaching five-year-olds online. By contrast, the kind of high dosage tutoring that’s shown great results in studies involves structured lesson plans.

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What if personalized learning was less about me and more about us?

The Hechinger Report

A Crew of seventh graders at King Middle School in Portland, Maine, plays a conflict-resolution game called “Is This Seat Taken?” PORTLAND, Maine — On a recent fall morning in the library of King Middle School here, four seventh-grade girls interviewed an immigrant from Peru named Luis Millones, now a Spanish professor at Colby College.

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Can children learn from a “mixed-reality” game?

The Hechinger Report

Two Forest Grove Elementary School students show off their block structures for Nesra Yannier to photograph during an experiment. PITTSBURGH — At Forest Grove Elementary School, along the Ohio River just northwest of Pittsburgh, the Rust Belt is giving way to educational innovation. Photo: Jill Barshay.