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Rachel Burstein

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  • Elementary Education
  • Higher Education
  • Primary and Pre-K Education
  • Secondary Education
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How a $40M Investment Aims to ‘Mainstream and Modernize’ Montessori Education - EdSurge

There is a certain mystique to the Montessori world, which is just as much philosophy as it is pedagogy. For starters, it has its own vocabulary. (The ...
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With the Pandemic Shining New Light on Early Childhood Educators, P...

Along with Dolly Parton, good weather, well-stocked toilet paper aisles and the “stop video” function on Zoom, the pandemic has brought a newfound ...
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Despite Safety Assurances, School Reopenings Are Taking a Serious T...

Pamela Kramer had been careful. The Illinois elementary school teacher stopped going to grocery stores and restaurants when the coronavirus pandemic ...
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What If Schools Viewed Outdoor Learning as ‘Plan A’? - EdSurge

Over the summer, photos began to circulate of children, bundled in warm coats, mittens and thick hats, reading books at their desks, outside, in the ...
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Emergency Backpacks, Outdoor Classes and Other Strategies for a Suc...

One of the components of the Homestead School’s reopening strategy involved the creation of a video. Realizing that there was a lot of fear and ...
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Summer School May Offer Opportunity for Students — Just Not Yet in ...

Across the country, schools are trickling out for a well-deserved summer break, and for some, the start of summer school. But despite the economic ...
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What Will Schools Do in the Fall? Here Are 4 Possible Scenarios - E...

As the current school year comes to a close, looking and functioning nothing like what any of us could have imagined mere months ago, another ...

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A Look Into the Work Lives of Early Childhood Education Professiona...

EdSurge has been exploring the work lives of early childhood professionals, unpacking their pathways to professional learning, how they engage with ...
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How This Teacher Brings Census Data to Life in the Classroom - EdSurge

Steve Kahlfeldt wants his students to grasp how the census impacts them right now, not in some far-off future. For example, the data determines how ...
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This District Not Only Supports Early Childhood Educators. It Helps...

UNION CITY, N.J. — With a roomful of rapidly developing children with wildly different needs in their care, early childhood educators will inevitably ...
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Want to Support Early Childhood Education? Start With the Parents. ...

EAST PALO ALTO, Calif. — Sitting on the carpet, Karen Melendez slaps her knees twice with both her hands, then brings them together in a thundering ...
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Why These School Districts Serve Children Beginning at Birth - EdSurge

BELLEVUE, Neb.—The family engagement room at Belleaire Elementary School in the suburbs of Omaha is bustling on a late October morning. Kindergarten ...
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How One District Is Responding to New Jersey’s New LGBTQIA Curricul...

In February 2019, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a measure into law requiring the state’s board of education to implement instruction that ...
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Are Early Childhood Teachers Happy and Healthy? This Research Study...

“I’ve had my knees replaced. It’s some genetic, but also the work I do. I’m up and down, up and down, up and down all the time. I recently had a rib ...
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Stories of Change: Educators Shift Practices to Reach All Learners ...

EdSurge Research has been visiting schools, convening educators and sharing stories about how school communities are shifting practices to meet the ...
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Hip-Hop Gave Me Purpose — Now It Helps My Students Find Their Voice...

Some time ago, I began wondering what the point of life was. Looking inward was something I struggled with, and I didn’t feel well supported. When I ...
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Growth Over Grades: How a Resubmit Policy Is Helping Us Build a Cul...

This is the second part of a two-part story about changing classroom culture. Read part one to learn how this teacher improved her student feedback ...
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How Improving Student Feedback and Teaching Data Science Restored O...

This is the first part of a two-part story about changing classroom culture. Read part two to learn what change this teacher made to help students ...
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Learning to Breathe: Educators Use Yoga and Meditation to Reduce Bu...

Kimberley Rose knew that breathing exercises could help kids calm down. Yet she never would have incorporated them into her classroom ...
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Kid-Tracking Sensors May Not Be the Wildest Thing About This Montes...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — On a tree-lined avenue, between shops, cafes and row houses about a half mile from Harvard University, sits a uniquely high-tech ...
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Forget Memorization: Here's Why Language Class Should Focus on Exci...

When I was in middle school, I was diagnosed with a learning disability, so the “typical” school experience was always a challenge for me. I struggled ...