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Topics:
Incorporating social and emotional learning into classes.
Giving students more choice and say in their schedules and schools providing more opportunities for learning in specialized areas.
What types of artmaking benefits people with mental-health conditions more.
Bilingual education: How does a 50/50 two-way model support a minority student population?
How and who selects what subjects to teach in what languages throughout the grade levels? (As bilingual educators we hope to learn if teaching a subject in a specific language affects the learning outcomes of the students).
Why school districts with minority students stick with the 90/10 bilingual education model instead of embracing both languages equally throughout their education. -- 90/10 refer to second language learning or ESL?
Sustainable education
How dress code, or lack thereof, affects student performance—particularly related to gender, race, sexuality, class, body type, etc.
The cognitive effects physical education has on a student who has class in the morning versus in the afternoon.
If standardize testing is a fair measurement, like the Fitnessgram Pacer Test. -- by "fair" do you mean bias? do you also mean "high stakes tests"?
School’s teaching to the test and why they think it is so important.
Past Topics:
- School shootings and the affect they have had on learning, educational culture, trauma
- Educational propaganda and learned bias through education. Specifically, I would like to discuss recent events with some Republican states banning discussions of Critical Race Theory in schools, both at the K-12 level but also in public and private universities.
- Inequity in Literature resources for Bilingual students in Schools
- The preference for English language usage over Spanish by Early Childhood Bilingual Students.
- Community building in the secondary humanities classroom
- How location affects the way U.S. History Curriculum is taught in the state of Texas. (maybe expand to "social studies" -- with a different focus than Texas or regionalism)
- How the Government curriculum prepares students to be voting members of the American political system in Texas
- The difference in placement of gifted and talented students into the program in Title I schools versus schools that are not Title I, more specifically the role of teacher in getting their children tested or recommended for the gifted and talented program between the two types of schools. 9) Trust Based Relational Interventions have a high impact on behavioral issues in Title I schools versus schools that are not Title I.
- To what extent, self-regulated learning strategies influence academic achievement for online post-secondary students.
- Attrition rate of high school students in dual credit courses compared to traditional students.
- What affect does core (general ed.) curricula have on changing degree plans in a higher ed. degree?
- The difference between social-emotional learning outcomes for students who attend online k-12 programs versus students who attend public school, specifically at the elementary level.
- The inclusion of LGBTQ+ literature at the elementary level and the impact that topic has on a school’s community.
- The linguistic implications of physics metaphors and if/how students can correctly determine concepts as a result (ie: identify energy transfers).
- Using technology to drive student engagement in early childhood education. *
- Effective and ineffective systems for behavior management.
- Special education students in the gen-ed classroom.
