Teachers go through a lot during any given school year. Between lesson planning, marking and making sure that young minds are developing and happy, teachers have a lot on their plates. This past school year, however, has been particularly rough. With the ongoing pandemic, online learning and incessant pivoting, educators […]
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Wisconsin teachers learn to teach about American Indians amid pandemic
CLOSE Donations to Report for America are needed to fund journalism in underserved communities. Green Bay Press-Gazette If one positive has come out of the pandemic lockdown for David O’Connor, it’s the large increase in educators he’s been training in Wisconsin as a result of online learning. O’Connor serves as […]
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Fruits of a teacher’s work
Mar. 13—Life as a lawyer and perhaps a politician awaited Arthur Feinsod. After taking a theater course at Harvard University, he was asked to teach in a summer acting and poetry program for inmates at the maximum-security state prison in nearby Walpole, Mass. Feinsod agreed, thinking the experience would bolster […]
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Kavasutra Denver, Lakewood bans teachers who won’t do in-person teaching
The exterior of Kavasutra Kava Bar on East Colfax in Denver. The cafe remains open but it’s not possible to see inside as windows have been covered with paper. Kavasutra has a second location on West Colfax in Lakewood. (Beth Rankin, The Denver Post) Kavasutra Kava Bar, a cafe chain […]
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Make The Grade Amazing Teachers Nominations
Dana Stavaggi, Akron Public Schools, North High School, science teacher Dana is dedicated to the teaching profession who wants to make sure that all students meet their full potential. She collaborates with her colleagues to support all teaching staff. She makes North better for students and teachers through her love of teaching, leadership, […]
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With Students Missing Online Classes, Teachers Are Going to Students
WASHINGTON — It was 10:30 a.m., time for math class, and Tylee Wise was in his usual spot — a twin-size bed in the room he shares with his little sister, a television droning a few feet away — when a knock came at the apartment door. A teacher had […]
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California exodus intensifies as retirees, teachers, musicians seek cheaper, less-crowded pastures
Andrew Kindler, a retired aerospace engineer, packing up his longtime San Marino home Dec. 16 to move to Arizona. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) The California dream has been fading for a long time, and people have been voting with their feet. In the last few years, the exodus […]
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No vaccine relief, fewer Palm Beach County teachers: Covering classes is tough
Sonja Isger | Palm Beach Post Headed into the second half of the school year, the strain of staffing Palm Beach County classrooms has eased somewhat since campus doors first opened in September. But with hundreds of teachers out on leave and the number of resignations and retirements outpacing those […]
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Teachers’ mental health suffering during pandemic
CLOSE This story was published in partnership with The 19th, a nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom reporting on gender, politics and policy. Carly Evans never missed her weekly appointment with her therapist. She called it her “maintenance” — it kept everything in her life running smoothly. That changed in September, when Evans, […]
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How virtual teachers in Battle Creek have turned homes into classrooms
CLOSE Autoplay Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide Jason Gilbert woke up at 5:30 a.m. Thursday and began the day in the glow of his laptop screen from his bed as he checked emails from some of his roughly 140 students. By 7 a.m. – after his daily morning smoothie – the […]
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These kids, teachers are making school work during COVID. Here’s how.
Teacher David Finkle works with students in his classroom October 16 at DeLand High School in Florida. Michelle Thompson can imagine her kindergarten students gathered around the tables that used to fill her classroom, building tiny houses from popsicle sticks, pieces of straw and toy cubes. She can almost hear […]
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Fairbanks teachers vote to continue remote learning | Local News
Members of the local teachers’ union met on Oct. 24 and voted that students should remain in remote learning while the school district is in the operational high risk zone for COVID-19, according to the president of the Fairbanks Education Association. The union represents about 900 teachers who work for […]
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Focusing on economic diversity, Array offers free online coding classes for Wyoming teachers, students | In Our Schools
CHEYENNE – Wyoming’s first-ever computer coding school is now offering free introductory classes to students and educators living in the state. The course, which teaches the basics of the widely used programming language JavaScript, is self-paced and taught entirely online. For those who don’t qualify for the education discount, the […]
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Metro teachers, students finding ways to make online schooling interesting and engaging | FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Thousands of students around the metro continue to do some, or all, of their schooling online. It’s been a struggle for some kids to feel connected and stay on task. But other students and teachers say virtual learning is pushing them to be their very best. Chairs […]
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30 thoughtful gifts teachers actually want in 2020
Gifts for teachers — Recommendations are independently chosen by Reviewed’s editors. Purchases you make through our links may earn us a commission. Buying gifts for teachers can be deceptively tricky, especially in the time of distance learning. “I know they like kids and use lots of school supplies, but what […]
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In video classes, teachers parse clues to student well-being
Charles Krupa / AP Third-grade student Elena thinks while reciting multiplication tables, as her brother Wyatt reviews his kindergarten work on a tablet with their mom, Christi Brouder, in the living room of the family home, while remote learning due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, in Haverhill, […]
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In video classes teachers parse clues to student wellbeing
Third grade student Elena thinks while reciting multiplication tables, as her brother Wyatt reviews his kindergarten work on a tablet with their mom, Christi Brouder, in the living room of the family home, while remote learning due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, in Haverhill, Mass. The Brouder […]
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Get fit at home: Oregon PE teacher’s 10 fun tricks to shape up
People have gained weight during the pandemic. The Yale School of Medicine points to increased stress, comfort eating, upended routines and, during the first months of stay-at-home orders, gyms and parks were closed, forcing some to find a different form of exercise. Or they just stopped walking, jogging and working […]
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French police target Islamist networks after teacher’s beheading
French police on Monday launched a series of raids targeting Islamist networks, three days after the beheading of a history teacher who had shown his pupils a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin vowed there would be “not a minute’s respite for enemies of the Republic”, after […]