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PROOF POINTS: Learning science might help kids read better

The Hechinger Report

And what we really want to know is whether knowledge building at school helps poorer children, who are less likely to be exposed to the world through travel, live performances, and other experiences that money can buy. A new study, published online on Feb. In 2021, students were still not attending school in person.

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Too few parents talk to their kids about race and identity, report finds

The Hechinger Report

Young kids do notice skin tone, they do notice race groups,” said Christia Spears Brown, a professor and associate chair of development and social psychology at the University of Kentucky, who has researched and written about identity development. “We Young kids do notice skin tone, they do notice race groups.”.

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PROOF POINTS: Why are kids still struggling in school four years after the pandemic?

The Hechinger Report

Elementary school students in grades two to six were making slow progress, and remained behind. This teacher said that when in-person school resumed in her city in 2021, administrators discouraged her from reviewing old topics that students had missed and told her to move forward with grade-level material. “The One is phonics.

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LA’s school counselors strike back

The Hechinger Report

on day four of the strike, Nadia Morales, a counselor at Los Angeles High School, and Pedro Martinez, a social-studies teacher at Eagle Rock High School, prepare their children for the day. Villafuerte is now studying kinesiology, with the hope of becoming a baseball coach at LA High. At 7 a.m.,

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

Studies Weekly

Prolonged screen time can cause eye strain and screen fatigue, leading to vision problems, decreased academic performance, and increased emotional, social, and attention problems. Excessive screen time is also linked to a decreased interest in reading among elementary school students. Frontiers in Psychology , 10.

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Her daycare center was already on the brink — then coronavirus struck

The Hechinger Report

Not when she left the small town of Cameron, Texas, located about 73 miles northeast of Austin, to get her bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies at Prairie View A&M University. Or when she graduated from Texas A&M with a master’s degree in educational psychology. She loved her job in the school system.

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Kids with obesity do worse in school. One reason may be teacher bias 

The Hechinger Report

Almost every day at the public elementary school she attended in Montgomery County, Maryland, Stephanie heard comments about her weight. In elementary school, she received the President’s Award for Educational Achievement, designed to reward students who work hard, often in the face of obstacles to learning.