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A ‘summer camp’ for teachers fills a gap in environmental education

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Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today! Many of [my students], being rural, spend a lot of their free time outdoors,” she said.

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Middle school science teachers often have shaky scientific knowledge

The Hechinger Report

But the shortage of qualified science educators may be hurting efforts to help more Americans learn how science works. Department of Education. Department of Education nationwide report on teacher shortages, 20 states reported a shortage of middle-school science teachers during the 2017-18 school year. Kentucky isn’t alone.

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How social studies can help young kids make sense of the world

The Hechinger Report

Teachers and administrators get acquainted at a Border Crossers workshop for educators about discussing race and racism in the classroom. One of the longtime goals of public education is to produce young people capable of participating in the democratic process. Often, educators say, that training is lacking. BROOKLYN, N.Y. —

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Nurturing Global Citizenship Through ‘British Values’ (Book Release: Developing Quality PSHE in Secondary Schools and Colleges)

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Within this book, I contributed a chapter on ‘Diversity and Discrimination’ through my work with Diverse Educators. The book also covers topics such as engaging parents/carers, sex education, and media literacy. Supporting those falls under education, health care and perhaps social care.