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Going Back to Virtual Learning: The Challenges of Reopening High Schools
Going Back to Virtual Learning: The Challenges of Reopening High Schools High schools face unique difficulties reopening, a teacher finds, when her school goes back to virtual learning after a case of Covid-19. By Carly Berwick November 10, 2020 Wesley Bedrosian … Continue reading
Reading scores drop, math scores low. Will high school seniors be ready for graduation?
EDUCATION Reading scores drop, math scores low. Will high school seniors be ready for graduation? Erin Richards USA TODAY American high schoolers are approaching graduation with less of a grasp on reading and still-low math scores – and that’s … Continue reading
Bill Gates Overlooks the Vital Role of Families in Shaping Children’s Academic Outcomes
OCTOBER 31, 2017 Institute for Family Studies Bill Gates Overlooks the Vital Role of Families in Shaping Children’s Academic Outcomes by Ian Rowe, @IANVROWE Highlights When it comes to teaching students the importance of waiting until marriage to have children, there is … Continue reading
Posted in Gates Overlooks the Vital Role of Families in Shaping Children’s Academic Outcomes
Tagged Students not told of waiting until marriage to have children will affect their education, The "Gates Effect" has profound affect on educational policymakers, The Coleman Report is revisited here, The words "parent" and "family" do not appear in Gates' 3000 word essay
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The Father Effect: More Relational Than Material
NOVEMBER 4, 2020 The Father Effect: More Relational Than Material by Michael Jindra Institute for family studies Highlights: In a recent study on fathers and adolescent behavior, cash support—formal or informal—had little effect. It was the social engagement of the fathers that … Continue reading
Posted in Social engagement of Fathers more important than financial ststusl
Tagged Gates Foundation overlooks the influence of family, Much research says: Dad involvement more important than $$, Policy is still driven by materialistic bias, Tools: From the Practical to the Spiritual
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Small Christian colleges set attendance records despite pandemic
CP CURRENT PAGE:U.S. | TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2020 | CORONAVIRUS → Small Christian colleges set attendance records despite pandemic 5 Church of Christ schools lead way Small Christian colleges set attendance records despite pandemic By Kyle Huckins, Contributor FOLLOW| The Christian Post Tuesday, November 10, 2020 … Continue reading
Kids are now in school at majority of nation’s biggest districts – just as COVID cases surge
EDUCATION Kids are now in school at majority of nation’s biggest districts – just as COVID cases surge Elinor AspegrenErin Richards USA TODAY The U.S. has entered a second round of back-to-school, just as the coronavirus surges around the nation. In smaller school … Continue reading
Posted in Big city schools have opened but now are closing fast
Tagged are Teachers spreading virus inside schools?, Are the "in person" safeguards enough? s, Back to school edition 2 amid spiking virus, Is Is "Face To Face" dangerous?, Teach Unions organized against openings, what if kids have no access to internet?
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Why Teaching Poetry Is So Important
EDUCATION Why Teaching Poetry Is So Important The oft-neglected literary form can help students learn in ways that prose can’t. ANDREW SIMMONS APRIL 8, 2014 Enjoy unlimited access to The Atlantic for less than $1 per week. Sign in Subscribe … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry in High School no longer taken seriously, Teacher: Why teaching POETRY teaches much more than poetry
Tagged HS poetry has become an afterthought, Poetry can actually teach grammar nd writing, Student find poetry leads them to other forms of writing, Students like the lack of fixed rules in poetry, Teacher says: Poetry can teach grammar and writing
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Bees Understand Basic Math Concepts ??
February 8, 2019Animals, Brain, Intelligence, Weird Fascinating Study Shows How Bees Understand Basic Math Concepts by Ben Renner STUDY FINDS FEBRUARY 2019 SHARES23ShareTweet MELBOURNE — All that buzz in your garden may be more than just the sound of bees hard at work pollinating … Continue reading
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