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OPINION: What if everything we believe about education is a lie?

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Related: What if public schools never reopen? This flies in the face of common sense and human history, deBoer argued. These myths are harmful, in deBoer’s view, because they lead us to conflate academic ability and human worth. It is pernicious, it is cruel, and it must change,” he writes. Fordham Institute.

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Coronavirus is the practice run for schools. But soon comes climate change

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How Schools Are preparing – and Not Preparing – Children for Climate Change,” reported by HuffPost and The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Credit: Photo: Shandrell Briscoe for InspireNOLA Charter Schools.

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LA’s school counselors strike back

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Morales started out as an elementary-school teacher, then switched to academic counseling, which she’s done at LA High for the past eleven years; Martinez worked there, too, teaching history and social studies, until six years ago, when he was transferred to another high school in the district.

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OPINION: The real work of equity and inclusion is difficult, messy and absolutely necessary

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However, human beings aren’t data points that can easily be changed and manipulated. Schools nationwide celebrate Black History Month enthusiastically, yet voice concerns about whether Pride Month should be recognized. All of those things are positive; all are progress. It’s time for all of us to dive into the mess.

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Black Literature Gave Me the Freedom to Learn, and Now I’m Giving It Back to My Students

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In a world that has denied my humanity, literature has offered affirmation, consolation and direction. As a reader, I use Black literature as a tool to reclaim my humanity, my history and my future. Although the setting is the 1930s Jim Crow South, many students were able to make a connection to this human experience.

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Some families don’t want to go back to in-person school. Here’s how one S.C. district is dealing with this demand

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For Zion, the school day starts at 9 a.m. The teenager’s classes in English and junior ROTC are taught by a district teacher, while history and math are self-paced courses via the online platform Edgenuity. Related: Despite mediocre records, for-profit online charter schools are selling parents on staying virtual.

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The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

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Personalized learning has a lack of really clear data points, really clear success stories,” said Hilah Barbot, science and technology director for the national charter school network KIPP, who worked for several years as a teacher and administrator at KIPP New Orleans, overseeing their technology initiatives. “I Weekly Update.