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Bringing ‘inclusive innovation’ to school districts

The Hechinger Report

In October 2020, Digital Promise launched the Center for Inclusive Innovation, as a way to create this support. There was much more emphasis on critical thinking and primary source investigation. Smith, now the chief inclusive innovation officer at Digital Promise, is the center’s co-leader.

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For Native Americans, Unequal Child Care Funding Leaves Tribes in Need

ED Surge

Intersection of Less Funding and Less Employment As it currently stands, tribal child counts help divvy up dollars from the Child Care and Development Block Grant, the primary source of child care funding in the U.S. Take the actual dollar amounts received by tribes in 2020. million in mandatory funding.

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Educator’s Guide to Improving Student Attendance

Studies Weekly

Educator’s Guide to Improving Student Attendance May 28, 2024 • By Studies Weekly Education in the United States has changed since the 2020 pandemic and still faces many lingering challenges due to the shutdown. One of the most pervasive issues is chronic student absenteeism.

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Beyond Screens: The Benefits of Paper-Based Learning for Elementary Students

Studies Weekly

Creating Connections Because Studies Weekly’s print publications are consumable, students can create artifacts to demonstrate their learning by cutting the primary sources and other information out of their publications. Giving students this trust creates a partnership of learning and growth between students and the teacher.

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How do we teach Black history in polarized times? Here’s what it looks like in three cities

The Hechinger Report

LOUISVILLE Just blocks from where hundreds of protestors gathered near the Ohio River waterfront after the death of Breonna Taylor in 2020 sits Central High School. The school is steeped in history: It was the first African American public school in Kentucky, and counts boxer Muhammad Ali among its alumni.

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Lies We’re Told About Crime

Zinn Education Project

We share the text of their conversation for discussion in high school classrooms and professional development workshops. One of the most fascinating parts of the book for me was how you develop this argument that Black education has been associated with criminality. Muhammad: I had not thought about this, Jesse.