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How to Bring to Life the Science of Reading

ED Surge

As a result, teaching students how to read is a complex and challenging endeavor — that’s why it takes years. 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.

Pedagogy 113
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‘Guided play’ benefits kids—but what does that look like for parents?

The Hechinger Report

It doesn’t require sitting down and teaching their child something. Maybe they add differently shaped blocks into their child’s blocks—that doesn’t require too much effort or too much work. But it’s guided play because parents are [supporting] their child’s learning by adding something.

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A regional public university’s identity crisis

The Hechinger Report

Given current circumstances, Richard Vedder, an economics professor emeritus at Ohio University, has decided to teach his fall course, “Economic History of Europe,” for a salary of $1. Richard Vedder, an economics professor emeritus at Ohio University and national expert on higher education finances, began teaching at O.U.

Economics 119
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Will the real Montessori please stand up?

The Hechinger Report

Now, several years later, after pursuing a degree in psychology and taking courses in child development, Foster is more educated about Montessori education and realizes little about the “Montessori garden” actually adhered to Montessori practice. Rachel Rodriguez teaches a small-group lesson in her classroom at Hill Country Montessori.

Library 111
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Meet the New APSA Committee on the Status of Disability in the Profession

Political Science Now

Her research and teaching interests include American politics, gender, caregiving, and disability politics and policy. Her research has appeared in Political Psychology , Health Affairs , Politics, Groups and Identities , and the Journal of Women, Politics and Policy , among others. Hirschmann is Geraldine R. She received a Ph.D.