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Juneteenth: Teaching Outside the Textbook

Zinn Education Project

General Granger’s order was less directed toward offering news to the enslaved than it was about commanding lawless human traffickers and insurrectionists to obey the Proclamation issued two years earlier. The National Museum of African American History and Culture offers the digital resource, Juneteenth: Celebration of Resilience.

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A Turning Point For People and Planet

Digital Promise

Since its launch in 2018, MY World 360° annual selections have screened for and inspired people across the world at the UN General Assembly, UN SDG Global Festival of Action, film festivals, schools and community events, and cultural institutions. A Community of Content Creators.

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How Do You Grade a Creative Assignment?

ED Surge

Seeing as how art has been such a big part of Irish history and culture, I was thinking about something artistic in some way, but how on earth do I grade something creative? I want it to be something useful, interesting, and (perhaps most importantly) memorable, but I'm not sure what it should be.

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Can public schools replicate the Mooresville model for digital learning success? Former superintendent Mark Edwards says they can

The Hechinger Report

Looking back on your time as superintendent, what do you think made Mooresville’s digital learning programs so successful? I really think the key to our success has been building a really strong culture within the school system. But actually, it really became the cornerstone of our work and aligned with our digital conversion.

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The Intersection of Inquiry-Based Learning and High-Quality Instructional Materials in Social Studies

ED Surge

High-quality instructional materials (HQIMs) are educational resources designed to effectively support student learning. They can include textbooks, lesson plans, digital resources and other materials carefully crafted to meet the needs of diverse learners and facilitate meaningful learning experiences.