Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to spend $600 million to raise the minimum new teacher salary to $47,500 from $37,636. Florida currently ranks 26th for starting teacher pay; the increase would place the state second.
Best-selling author, philanthropist, and two-time Golden Globe winner Henry Winkler will inspire attendees at LRP's National Institute® on Legal Issues of Educating Individual with Disabilities May 3-6, 2020, in New Orleans by sharing his personal story of overcoming adversity and his struggle with undiagnosed dyslexia.
By combining a high-resolution camera and an ultra-fast scanner, IRIS' new camera scanners can speed up data collection by shortening the process of inputting official information, whilst preventing errors. They scan any type of document or book, without the need to cut and damage them.
Literacy is perhaps the most fundamental academic skill there is. But too often, literacy seems to mean reading, and the flip side of the coin, writing, gets limited attention, says guest columnist and former classroom teacher Dea Auray, who is the founder of Empowering Writers.
The Connections Model has launched the KidConnect Ready2Learn Curriculum, a proactive social-emotional learning program for teachers to help learners identify, understand and manage their emotions. The curriculum is for grades K-6 and includes 26 lessons centered on targeted skills.
Allowing real curiosity is the most fundamental change we can make in our teaching practice. When we step back and allow students to step forward with their own inquiry, it throws a switch in their brains that encourages them to co-create their own learning.
