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Toileting and Tying Shoes: Young Students Increasingly Lack Basic Skills

For 50-plus years, students in grades 4, 8, and 12 have taken national standardized tests that assess reading and math ...
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Teachers are sharing the 'basic' skills students can't do anymore - and parents are panicking

Across the country, teachers are sounding the alarm about a new kind of gap in the classroom: kids who can code on a tablet but cannot tie their shoes, write a legible sentence, or remember their own ...
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To Be Ready for Kindergarten, Teachers and Researchers Say Social-Emotional Skills Are Key

Ready or not, across the country, a new crop of kindergarteners has entered the K-12 school system. Their teachers will spend these early weeks determining where the 5- and 6-year-olds are ...
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2nd-Grade Teacher Shares The 3 Basic Skills Many Of Her Students Can't Comprehend

A 2nd-grade teacher with 14 years of experience under her belt turned to Reddit to describe how, in recent years, she's noticed a sharp decline in independence among her students. In fact, she said ...
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Teachers Are Sharing the ‘Basic’ Skills Students Can’t Do Anymore — and Parents Are Panicking

Across the country, teachers are sounding the alarm about a new kind of gap in the classroom: kids who can code on a tablet but cannot tie their shoes, write a legible sentence, or remember their own ...