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Evgenii Balandin May 25, 2020 · 1 min read

This Could Affect Your Childs Life Forever... Is Your Child High Risk?

At what age can you start teaching a child to read? When they're babies? At 2 years old, 3, 4, or 5 years old, or wait until they're in school? According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, If you delay your child's reading skill…

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Laura Bresko Feb 24, 2020 · 2 min read

What Are Standardized Tests and the Common Core?

Since the mid-1800s, standardized tests have been used for K–12 education in America. And, with the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) in 2002, standardized tests in K-12 schools are required across all 50 states. Standardized testing has b…

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Frank Costanzo Nov 22, 2019 · 1 min read

Understanding Inquiry-Based Teaching

Inquiry-based learning a new spin on an old method. Since the time of the ancient Greeks, students and teachers have been using the process of solving specific problems and developing question-based pedagogy to produce more effective educational models.…

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Frank Costanzo Nov 22, 2019 · 1 min read

What is Ethnic Studies in Schools?

Ethnic studies focuses on the perspectives and experiences of people of color. It also looks at how race is connected to other dimensions of variability, such as gender, sexuality, socioeconomic class, and immigrant status. Ethnic studies shed light on…

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Frank Costanzo Nov 22, 2019 · 1 min read

The Rise in Homeschooling

Years ago, homeschooling seemed rare and foreign to most people; it even had a negative stigma around its curriculum and the socialization of students whose primary interactions were limited to their parents and siblings. Today, in the wake of an…

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Frank Costanzo Oct 24, 2019 · 1 min read

Exploring Neurodiversity in Education

Neurodiversity is not a new term. It has been around since the 1990s, and was used to differentiate students with autism from students with disabilities (e.g. ADHD). According to Disabled World , neurodiversity is an approach to learning and disability…

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Frank Costanzo Sep 23, 2019 · 1 min read

Seven Ways to Empower Students

Empowering students encourages them to take responsibility of their learning. In doing so, students understand the impact of their decisions, increases self-esteem and gives them a voice in their education. It changes students’ perceptions about l…

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