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Feedback is one of the most important elements in classroom learning, which is why we all dissuade students from handing all their assignments in on the last day. Training students to use teacher feedback to augment their learning would certainly improve their results and could well provide a solution to the piles of last-minute marking. Many educators have learned that feedback should be within 24 to 48 hours, and this article agrees with that premise, offering solutions for the overwhelmed teacher and resources to make the job easier:

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For inspiration on how to reach our ESL learners, this quick read will give many ideas:

The above blog post referred to this resource that targets adolescents with literacy needs whether they are second language learners or not. This resource helps understand what good readers do, then describes the struggles of those who don’t read well. Most importantly, the article recommends specific strategies for supporting classroom learning within the context of their subject area:

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This article highlights some of the challenging issues that are causing a severe teacher shortage in England. Included is how parents are now limiting the power of teachers in the classroom, although they are being banned from school property in record numbers. Here’s the article:

If that was too discouraging, here’s a lighter feature that will cheer you up: