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| NEVADA VIEWS: Giving students a choice also empowers them to find success |
| Saturday, March 26th 2022 Share on Twitter/X |
| Student choice is one of the most engaging strategies a teacher can use in the classroom. A study of eighth graders published by the Journal of Literary Research revealed that when students shifted from assigned to choice reading, they were more engaged collectively and individually, read more, had more positive peer relationships, better self-regulation and performed better on tests. |
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| By: Kyle Konold |
| John F. 'Jack' Kenny, 71, inspirational English teacher at St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute |
| Saturday, March 26th 2022 Share on Twitter/X |
| Five years after he graduated, Jack Kenny was back in the classroom at St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute as an English teacher. |
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| By: Dale Anderson |
| These Charlotte school districts no longer have mask mandates. Track them with this map |
| Friday, March 25th 2022 Share on Twitter/X |
| Charlotte-area families are again adjusting to changes in mask policies among local school districts. In February, Gov. Roy Cooper called for school districts, as well as municipalities, across the state to “to end their mask mandates.” And Mecklenburg County lifted its mandate soon after, though individual businesses can establish their own requirements. At the school level, the vast majority of public school districts in the region had already lifted their mask requirement or lifted it in the wake of state and local shifts. Still, others have continued to mandate masking, and policies could change again if COVID-19 cases spike. |
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| By: MARY RAMSEY |
| What to know about Iowa charter schools as two prepare to open this fall |
| Friday, March 25th 2022 Share on Twitter/X |
| Two new public charter schools are set to open this fall following the Iowa Board of Education giving conditional approval Thursday. |
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| By: Samantha Hernandez |
| Georgia Politicians Reject Educational Freedom at Their Own Peril |
| Thursday, March 24th 2022 Share on Twitter/X |
| Tuesday, March 15th was a sad day for kids in Georgia.That’s the day when the Georgia Senate voted down a bill to create Promise Scholarships. |
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| By: Buzz Brockway |