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Student Engagement Is Often Missing During Online Learning

Author: Kim Doele - March 3, 2021

How we teach virtually is going to look and feel different than classroom teaching, but planning for engaging students remains essential.

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Writing Specs for Stock Images

Author: Peter Reid - February 3, 2021

Whether you are producing print or digital content or writing specifications for stock images, video, or commissioned illustration, it can be a challenge for designers and editors. For publishers, the goal is to have art approved quickly, ideally within the third pass. This allows the image to be placed on page and approved in context. […]

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Don’t Forget to Encourage Kids to Play!

Author: Joanna Merrithey - January 6, 2021

Everything can be playful with the right mindset—even cleaning! Play is essential for every child’s development, whether it be social play, independent play, or guided play.

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New Realities in Education

Author: Eric Placek - December 2, 2020

Instead of looking at illustrations of dinosaurs in a textbook, students can use AR technology to get an up-close look at three-dimensional dinosaurs in action.

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Resources For Teaching Tolerance

Author: CSA Education - November 16, 2020

We’ve put together a list of resources on teaching tolerance. Will you join us on this International Day for Tolerance as we continue to listen and learn?

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Copy Editing

Author: Fran Jacobs - November 4, 2020

The word itself, copyedit, is ambivalent. As a verb, it’s one word (preferred), but as a noun, it’s two words, copy editor, according to Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, so don’t believe everything your spellchecker tells you.

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Every Student Succeeds Act in a Pandemic

Author: Lisa Panka - October 7, 2020

Just as many states were getting their footing, the world was faced with a pandemic. States questioned how they could possibly meet their ESSA and ESEA requirements while trying to find a way to provide the most basic services to students at home.

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Fact-Checking You Can Count On

Author: Corrie Thompson - September 2, 2020

Fact-checking information is instrumental to assuring your audience that the knowledge shared is credible and timely.

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Dogs of CSA Education!

Author: Penny Stamp - August 25, 2020

It’s National Dog Day! We love our dogs here at CSA Education.

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Representation in Education

Author: Lisa Panka - July 1, 2020

Recent events have shone a spotlight on some dramatic inequalities in our society. What can we as educators and curriculum developers do to be part of the solution?

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COVID-19 and Learning Loss

Author: Lisa Panka & Joanna Merrithey - June 25, 2020

This year’s learning loss may be more drastic because of the students’ absence from their schools for an extended period of time. How can educators and parents lessen the impact of extended stay-at-home orders on student growth?

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Guided Reading: The Writing Process

Author: CSA Staff - May 29, 2020

“I think it would be amazing to have the kids watch the writing process happen in real life. We teach the writing process, but kids don’t really understand that writers use it too,” said Ann, a guided reading specialist. Let’s do it. Let’s develop a series of leveled readers that goes through the entire writing process.

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Guided Reading: What Students and Teachers Want

Author: CSA Staff - May 29, 2020

If we want to make our guided reading programs really shine and meet teachers’ and kids’ needs, we should give them what they want: cool books, reading suggestions, fun facts, and video links!

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UDL as an “Adaptable” Curriculum

Author: Laura Cunningham - May 29, 2020

Students should not have to adapt to the curriculum; the curriculum should adapt to the student. UDL may be the solution to that problem.

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Five Ways to Incorporate Social-Emotional Learning in the Classroom or at Home

Author: Joanna Merrithey - May 29, 2020

Many educators are advocating prioritizing students’ social and emotional wellness over grades and assignments. What are some activities you can do with children that focus on social-emotional learning?

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NCTM: Adapting to Change in Centennial Year

Author: Lisa Panka - May 29, 2020

With their 2020 conference cancelled, NCTM found a creative way to provide professional development to educators around the world.

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Virtual Adventures for Children (and Parents!) Stuck at Home

Author: Teresa Roberts - May 28, 2020

Sparking your child’s curiosity and encouraging engagement with learning has never been more critical. A wide variety of educational and cultural institutions offer virtual resources that can help.

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Guided Reading: Chapter Books and Making Inferences

Author: CSA Staff - May 26, 2020

“I want kids to be able to make inferences, to really read between the lines, and make connections with the characters,” said Ann, a guided reading specialist. “But we don’t have the tools we need.” Let’s give them the tools and help students get from A to B.

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