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A year with COVID: Five ways to foster well-being and resilience in the classroom
Adults and children alike are vulnerable to the pandemic's physiological effects of chronic stress and trauma.
What the Education Department’s new testing guidance means for educators
The traditional function and administration of state testing must be different this year.
“Insanely awesome” mental health help for our students
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Check on your teacher friends: They’re not OK
Educators have felt an overwhelming amount of frustration while navigating the world of educating during a global pandemic.
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We can only hold onto so much information at any given time. Practical methods for online and hybrid learning reduce the cognitive load.
What has actually worked for building student-teacher relationships so far this year?
Educators share their strategies for connecting at a distance.
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Teachers feel like they’re holding their breath underwater
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As I sit here typing
this, my mind is racing and my thoughts are all over the place. Unfortunately,
I think this may be...
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