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This post popped up in our page! I had to share it. While this fact always gets lost in our day to day grind, this is the real deal: education is an investment in our children’s future. Now more than ever. Giving them the best foundation is the greatest gift we can give them!

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/11/technology/school-phone-bans-indiana-louisiana.html

Why Schools Are Racing to Ban Student Phones As the new school year starts, a wave of new laws that aim to curb distracted learning is taking effect in Indiana, Louisiana and other states.

A beauitful spring morning and a Gideon session…the day keeps getting better!

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/20/opinion/sunday/picture-books-reading.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

Opinion | Your Kids Aren’t Too Old for Picture Books, and Neither Are You These are the real wizards of the literary world.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/05/unicef-exec-director-covid-has-created-a-global-education-emergency.html?__source=sharebar%7Cfacebook&par=sharebar&fbclid=IwAR2Fhgz-SUGY7jjk_T3amlaLtz8B_kRonXmcMoMvKntJ65v_2-m-lK2rPJM

UNICEF executive director: Covid has created a global education emergency Henrietta Fore, executive director of UNICEF estimates that one out of every three children currently does not have access to in-person or remote learning.

So wonderful to see our students reach their full potential! They do it themselves with a little help and a lot of their own hard work...we are lucky to be a part of their educational journey!

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/students-reading-losses-could-strain-schools-capacity-to-help-them-catch-up/2020/12?fbclid=IwAR0V6Dwf2mtmeC8dFwMlNd5SK31YScWQdAWiyhnqConX7t-FgB39iyaM1ks

Students' Reading Losses Could Strain Schools' Capacity to Help Them Catch Up Phonemic awareness, letter sounds, and other early reading skills took a big hit during the pandemic, a new study finds.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/14/education/learning/pandemic-school-remote-learning.html

This School Year Has Been Unlike Any Other Some examples of how the world of education has responded to the pandemic.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/love-or-hate-them-pandemic-learning-pods-are-here-to-stay--and-could-disrupt-american-education/2020/09/02/3d359f8c-dd6f-11ea-8051-d5f887d73381_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-banner-low_podjobs-645pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans

Love or hate them, pandemic learning pods are here to stay — and could disrupt American education Teachers are quitting their jobs to lead pods. Worried administrators are trying to adapt.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/24/deep-literacy-technology-child-development-reading-skills

Screen-based online learning will change kids' brains. Are we ready for that? | Maryanne Wolf We are starting to see technology’s effect on child development and adult reading skills – and the research isn’t optimistic