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Students Need Learning Opportunities Beyond Core Subjects. Here's Why.

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This forced me to find creative solutions to provide quality education with limited resources, especially considering that the standards determined by the state of Ohio are united for all the world languages , although each language has its characteristics.

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Are Latino ‘Systems of Knowledge’ Missing From Education Technology?

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public schools raise questions about whether curricula and edtech are staying culturally relevant. EdSurge recently posed a question to a panel of Latino educators and an edtech leader: Is educational technology serving the Latino community, particularly its students? Meanwhile, changing demographics of students in U.S.

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Can VR Help Preserve and Teach Indigenous Culture?

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Jared Ten Brink, a doctoral student in education at the University of Michigan, is an enrolled member of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi. He lives a two-and-a-half hour drive from the tribe’s reservation, which makes it hard for him to help his two young kids learn about their Native heritage. he wondered.

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At a Time When Students Feel Alone, Affinity Groups Connect Us All

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During Hispanic Heritage Month, our colleagues came together to support two of our affinity groups. They canceled gym classes, changed classroom schedules and most of our 700 students joined us in the gym for a community celebration of identity, culture and affinity.

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'Remember Your Why': How My Grandmothers Affirmed My Purpose as an Educator

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As an English language learner in southern New England, she navigated linguistic and cultural barriers to build a life that nurtured her family and sustained her Portuguese heritage. Grace and Fernanda Fernanda, born on Faial, a small island in the Azores archipelago , emigrated to the United States in the 1970s with her family.

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To Create Safer Spaces for Students, Teachers of Color Must Reckon With Our Settler Identity

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As a teacher in Hawaiʻi, I am keenly aware and reminded of my identity as a "local" teacher, one whose family heritage traces back generations in the same community. For Indigenous and Native peoples, who have a deep sense of place that is woven into their cultures, practices and genealogy, this can be seen as disrespectful.

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How My School Chooses Courage Over Fear to Prioritize DEI

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Goal 1: Recruit a Team of Committed and Diverse Individuals to Effectuate Change To create a more diverse student and staff population, we have to do the work of building and nurturing a culture that creates a safe and courageous space for students, families and staff who have been historically marginalized. We’d love to help out.”

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