Classroom

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Southside Primary School teacher celebrating 'sweet 16' in the ... (WSFA)

The first grade teacher is a self-contained teacher, meaning she teaches her students every subject on her own.

“I treat them like they’re my own. The first grade teacher at Southside Primary School is a self-contained teacher, meaning she teaches her students every subject on her own. “I love to see my kids grow,” she said, “I look at where they start and where I want their end results to be.”

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Classroom assistance: the scientists turning the tools of their trade to ... (Nature.com)

A small but growing number of scientific faculty positions are focusing on the science of teaching.

When she was first hired to change the culture of teaching in the University of Queensland’s School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, her first move was to choose the undesirable office next to the men’s toilets. For example, a graduate student in her group applied theoretical statistical physics to model the messy data on student behaviours in physics lab courses. The latter proved useful when the institution had to pivot to full online learning in 2020 as a result of COVID-19 lockdowns. She says she was “pretty great” at neuroscience research, and that there is no reason to think that other education-minded scientists failed at the bench, either. These specialists understand their science discipline better than do scholars who trained in education only, and they can serve as formal or informal resources for colleagues who want to improve in the classroom. At a meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research last July, she saw her former postdocs and graduate students who now have teams of their own. “It’s important to get some professional qualification in this space,” advises Susan Rowland, deputy executive dean for the faculty of science at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. To prove her worth, she says, it was crucial to operate in the ‘currency’ that other faculty members valued: papers, grants and visible public impact. In 2007, he moved to the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, where he set up a Can$11-million (US$8-million) Alberts is a biochemist at the University of California, San Francisco, past president of the US National Academy of Sciences and author of the prominent textbook The Molecular Biology of the Cell. Wieman says that, rather than relying solely on lectures, teachers should facilitate “learning to think in a different way, and there’s real expertise in how to guide people to do that”. The discipline of physics has a long history of engaging with education research, says Wieman.

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Texas Tech boasts another strong semester in classroom (TexasTech.com)

Record-setting semesters in the classroom are becoming the norm at Texas Tech as the university's more than 400 student-athletes combined on the ...

Texas Tech had 315 of its student-athletes boast a 3.0 GPA or better this semester (72 percent), its second-highest number on record. For a department term GPA over a 3.3, it is clear that Texas Tech student-athletes strive to be Fearless Champions in the classroom as well as their field of play." Texas Tech boasted a 3.33 fall GPA, which featured eight sport programs with a team GPA of 3.25 or better. The women's tennis team was second with a 3.72 term GPA followed by soccer at 3.61 and men's tennis at 3.56 for the semester. Texas Tech had three of its sports record their highest fall term in the past seven years, a list that included football, women's golf and women's track and field. "We continue to be very proud of how well our student-athletes perform in the classroom," Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt said.

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COMMUNITY CLASSROOM: Teacher seeks donations to buy dry ... (WECT)

Eric Bradford, a math teacher at New Hanover High School needs $310 to purchase dry-erase markers for his classroom.

He’s hoping to get donations to buy more through The New Hanover High School teacher says his students are in need of more dry-erase markers. (WECT) - They are one of the best ways to practice solving math problems, according to Eric Bradford.

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Egyptian Electric announces classroom grant recipients (WSIL TV)

MURPHYSBORO, IL (WSIL) -- A local electric organization has awarded $500 grants to 10 local classrooms.

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ECC receives $4 million for new Rolla facility; campus classroom ... (The Salem News)

East Central College is receiving a total of $4 million from the federal omnibus spending bill signed into law by President Joe Biden.

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Millard Girl Scout takes classroom safety into her own hands amid ... (KETV Omaha)

Sara Micanek is spending her senior year testing barricades that could protect her peers during a school shooting.

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How to teach practicable mental health skills in the classroom ... (Inside Higher Ed)

Infusing practicable skills into academic classes can give students a greater sense of self-efficacy in managing challenging thoughts and feelings, ...

[systemic stressors](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40596-015-0390-1) that impact students’ mental health, including [racism](https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2021-36705-001), [financial concerns](https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2015-56770-002) and [sexual violence](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32046595/). Inside Higher Ed…](http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2020/11/04/professor-explains-through-poetry-his-rationale-not-giving-students-extra-credit#at_pco=cfd-1.0) [struggle](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/surging-demand-for-mental-health-care-jams-college-services/) to meet the mental health needs of college students, a [majority](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/21676968211025348) of whom report anxiety and depression. [campuswide initiatives](https://cmhc.utexas.edu/wellbeing/images/WBLE_Guidebook_OPTI_092020.pdf) to build well-being within many learning environments. Inside Higher Ed…](http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/higher-ed-gamma/how-might-elite-institutions-better-meet-needs-underserved-student-populations#at_pco=cfd-1.0) [From 3 struggling public colleges, a new university emerges](http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/08/24/3-struggling-public-colleges-new-university-emerges#at_pco=cfd-1.0) [Why too much public self-promotion by academics is damaging (opinion) Skills-based programs to enhance well-being are often just as effective when [paraprofessionals](https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fcou0000190) deliver them. [The Science of Well-Being](https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being?utm_source=gg&utm_medium=sem&utm_campaign=09-ScienceofWellBeing-US&utm_content=B2C&campaignid=9728548210&adgroupid=102459401907&device=c&keyword=yale%20happiness%20course&matchtype=b&network=g&devicemodel=&adpostion=&creativeid=433067297434&hide_mobile_promo&gclid=CjwKCAjwwL6aBhBlEiwADycBIPuPzJOcr_3oTJoQqaxIHgr9LhXnG-wijD-iao9GuwYJ_5uQQ46PkxoCQ8oQAvD_BwE),” which are led by psychologists. And at some institutions, the classroom itself offers [another setting](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19325037.2004.10603632) in which students can improve their mental health. When it comes to grading, if students submit responses to the discussion prompts and other assignments that reflect the instructions, they receive full points, even if they write that they forgot to practice their new skills or that they encountered challenges. Students aren’t required to share any feelings or situations that they feel are too personal; rather, the assignments ask them to comment on some aspect of their inner experience. After reviewing the research about effective mental health interventions on college campuses, I noted that a key ingredient is Many colleges and universities now offer [digital tools](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30888256/) or [peer counseling programs](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30888256/) to help address an overwhelming demand for mental health services.

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Blue Valley teachers now wearing emergency alert buttons for ... (WIBW)

Three presses on the button alert administrators, school resource officers, and school nurses of the location where the emergency is happening.

Olathe schools implemented these same buttons for teachers back in August following a school shooting at Olathe East High School in March 2022. Teachers and staff will not have their locations tracked while wearing the device. She had a team investigate the program and felt it was needed. “It was exactly what we were looking for. An entire school can go on lockdown, if need be, with just eight button presses. The system allows teachers and staff to press the button on their badge three times to alert administrators, school resource officers, and school nurses to an emergency.

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On stage and in the classroom, Mikhl Yashinsky is stoking the flame ... (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

This is literally music to the ears of Yashinsky, who not only teaches conversational Yiddish, translates Yiddish literature and writes Yiddish plays and videos ...

Among the 11 videos he’s done so far are a Yiddish rendition of Tom Lehrer’s song “Hanukkah in Santa Monica” and a music video shot in Michigan to celebrate the strawberry harvest. Yashinsky will perform “Zog nit keynmol” (“Never Say”), the anthem of the Vilna partisans. “This art form continues,” he said of Yiddish theater. The play is based on the true story of Henry Einspruch, a Baltimore Jew who in the 1940s found Jesus and In 2018, Yashinsky performed in the held-over runs of Yiddish “Fiddler “at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Lower Manhattan, then left New York for a steady gig teaching Yiddish at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He plans to write the musical in collaboration with Mamaliga, a klezmer band based in Brooklyn and Boston. The one-act play, set in a Lower East Side yeshiva in 1912, deals with the tradition of pranks that take place during the month in which Purim falls. His grandmother also performed in English-language radio dramas, and her ability to do accents and characters earned her the nickname “The Woman of 1,000 Voices.” A radio ad in which Weiss imitated the Hungarian Jewish actress Zsa Zsa Gabor convinced customers of an Italian restaurant in the Detroit area that Zsa Zsa herself had done the commercial. Yashinsky is also a playwright whose Yiddish play, “Vos Flist Durkhn Oder” (“Blessing of the New Moon”), was performed at the Lower East Side Play Festival last summer. “Mikhl once asked me, ‘Mom, are you taking the class to learn Yiddish or do you just enjoy seeing me teach?’” she recalled. He has more ideas for a moment than most actors do in a lifetime.” Liskin-Gasparro had four grandparents who were native Yiddish speakers but who never spoke the language in front of her.

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Cardinals Continue To Soar In The Classroom (BallStateSports.com)

Ball State student-athletes registered another strong effort in the classroom during the 2022 fall semester, finishing with a 3.40 term grade point average.

In addition, 41 Ball State student-athletes maintain a perfect 4.0 cumulative GPA. All 11 of Ball State's varsity women's squads (indoor and outdoor track combined) tallied at least a 3.37 term GPA, with four teams at 3.7-or-better. In addition, 78 Cardinals finished the fall with a perfect 4.0 term GPA, while 355 earned at least a 3.0. Soccer was next at 3.80, while 12 programs recorded at least a 3.50 GPA for the term. In addition, we are lucky to have outstanding faculty and support staff to encourage our student-athletes to strive to do their best." "We are extremely proud of the success our student-athletes have shown in their academic pursuits."

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