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Teacher Condemned By A Parent For ‘Wasting Time’ On A Fun Classroom Activity — ‘I Demand An Apology’

As kids grow and learn, their brains are being loaded with new information making the need for rest essential. Teachers are keenly aware of how essential brain breaks are during the school day to keep ...
The New York Times

Get Tech Out of the Classroom Before It’s Too Late

Jaime Lewis noticed that her eighth-grade son’s grades were slipping several months ago. She suspected it was because he was watching YouTube during class on his school-issued laptop, and her ...
WAFB

‘Let Teachers Teach’ workgroup aims to help educators make the most of classroom time

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Louisiana Department of Education is launching ‘Let Teachers Teach,’ a workgroup developed to identify classroom disruptions that may be taking time away from instruction ...

Reaching One Classroom at a Time: STEM Grant Brings Hands-On Learning Back to Jefferson Elementary

First-grade teacher Robyn Younghans noticed something missing from her classroom at Jefferson Elementary after a STEM program ...
Education Week

How Much Time Should Teachers Spend on a Foundational Reading Skill? Research Offers Clues

A reading block in an elementary school classroom can feel like a carefully choreographed 120-minute dance. Time is a finite resource, and it often falls to teachers to make decisions about how much ...
The New York Times

I’m a Professor. A.I. Has Changed My Classroom, but Not for the Worse.

My students’ easy access to chatbots forced me to make humanities instruction even more human. Credit...Animation By Sean Dong Supported by By Carlo Rotella Carlo Rotella is the author of “What Can I ...

Reaching one classroom at a time: Elementary music teacher awarded grant to send kids to ‘Sing Around Nebraska’

Elementary students to perform at 'Sing Around Nebraska' after surprise classroom visit from the North Platte Public Schools ...