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Student Agency is More Than Voice and Choice

A Principal's Reflections

However, we must not lose sight of the third element that comprises this concept, and that is advocacy. Image credit: [link] While voice and choice are more aligned with ownership of learning in the classroom, advocacy aligns with improving the school or district culture. There is no point in student advocacy if no action results.

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Going Beyond the Hour of Code

Digital Promise

Read a book, blog, or magazine. Hello World magazine from the Raspberry Pi Foundation (a magazine on computing and digital making for educators by educators). See a sample letter to principal, advocacy slide deck , and additional resources. Teaching CS Fundamentals from Code.org (3-8 hours).

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Amid Child Care Crisis, New Head of NAEYC Pledges to Prioritize Listening and Inclusion

ED Surge

The other is creating belonging at NAEYC, a professional and advocacy organization with nearly 60,000 members across its 52 affiliates. “I She referenced a TIME magazine cover story from February 1997, called “How a Child’s Brain Develops.” So Kang is listening. That’s one of the two priorities weighing heavily on her mind.

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Should we test all 2-year-olds for autism?

The Hechinger Report

The series was produced by The Hechinger Report and Columbia Journalism School’s Teacher Project , nonprofit news organizations focused on education coverage, in partnership with Slate Magazine. The nonprofit offers workshops, one-to-one advocacy, and a monthly Spanish-speaking support group for families. Sign up for our newsletter.

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4 Inspiring Black Humanitarians

Studies Weekly

As the co-founder of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) and editor and research director of the organization’s magazine, The Crisis, he published his opposition to the unequal treatment of Black Americans and promoted Black nationalism.

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APSA Member Spotlight: Dr. Timothy Lewis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Political Science Now

Most notably, I was recognized by the Missouri House of Representatives for my advocacy and championing of equity in education with State Resolution No. The APSA Member Spotlight program features one member each quarter in the APSA Member Magazine, Political Science Today. 254 in my honor on February 17, 2021.

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One of the poorest cities in America was succeeding in an education turnaround. Is that now in peril?

The Hechinger Report

This story also appeared in Belt Magazine “You all know that I call your kids my kids, and they won’t stop being my kids,” Gordon says, wrapping up the meeting. The group, made up of people with kids in the school system, functions as a communications channel between other parents and school principals and teachers.

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