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Teachers of the Year Say Educators Deserve More Trust

ED Surge

Autumn Rivera, 2022 Colorado Teacher of the Year, at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in April. The educators were state winners of the Teacher of the Year program , hosted annually by the Council of Chief State School Officers. Photo by Rebeccca Koenig. gathered on the National Mall at the end of April.

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Students Need Summer Learning That Doesn’t Feel Like School

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This was also the year when schools became the centerpiece of America’s culture wars —with educators being regularly accused of and reported for teaching divisive topics , infringing on parental rights , and—in most recently—being labeled as “groomers” and accused of pedophilia.

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Quarantine campuses: With dorms shut and class online, students DIY college life

The Hechinger Report

A survey of college students last month by Top Hat, a higher education technology company based in Toronto, found that 85 percent said they missed face-to-face interactions with faculty, and 86 percent missed socializing with other students. But students, it turns out, also crave what technology cannot deliver.

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My School Gave Me Hope, but Our Superintendent Shut It Down

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Both students circulated to visit their other favorite teachers with whom they’d crafted solar ovens, made plant medicine tinctures and built a banana museum. And, what does it look like to include culture and climate when it comes to accountability? It is these moments that make me realize that teaching has made me soft.

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Remaking Learning in the Neighborhood

Digital Promise

These districts have forged partnerships with museums, workforce development agencies, philanthropic organizations, higher-ed institutions, after-school programs, and local businesses to provide students with more opportunities to pursue their passions, and develop their skillsets.

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The Mental Health Crisis Causing Teachers to Quit

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In the past year, they’ve endured culture war attacks, worsening student behavior, and endless health and safety regulation changes. Some of her clients do want to stay in education, as teacher coaches, curriculum designers or to work for education technology companies, often in sales and customer support roles.

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As Humanities Fight for Support, New Journal Aims to Celebrate Their Role in Public Life

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That includes, the editors note, anthropology, archaeology, classics, cultural studies, disability studies, ethnic studies, gender studies, history, law, linguistics, literary studies, performing arts, religious studies, philosophy, postcolonial studies, queer studies, psychology, sociology, visual arts, and women's studies. and elsewhere.