The Hechinger Report

APRIL 25, 2024

Two years ago, when I visited Westwood High School in Mesa, a suburb of Phoenix, every incoming freshman started the year in a very unusual way. Back when my mom attended Westwood in the early 80s, students made the typical walk from class to class, learning from one teacher in math and another for English or history or science. (My mom was one of two girls in Westwood’s woodworking class.

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Heinemann Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

How can classroom teachers invite their students to speak back to the world in this current moment? How does writing allow students to be seen and heard? Welcome to Writing as Healing, a Heinemann podcast series focused on writing as a tool to increase healing in students and educators. We know that academic learning doesn’t happen without social and emotional support, and writing, as a key literacy, is uniquely positioned in every classroom to do both.

Social Justice 101

Social Justice Education 101

Institute for Citizens & Scholars

APRIL 25, 2024

Raj Vinnakota joins host Matt Blumberg on The Daily Bolster podcast to discuss what to look for when hiring nonprofit senior executives.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 25, 2024

The post Celebrating Student Creators and Changemakers at Norwalk Public Schools and Richland School District Two appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Maitri Learning

APRIL 25, 2024

Anxiety is everywhere. But even when we feel it, we can still be of use to the children we're with. When you feel it, when your heart races, when things are elevating, turn your attention to your feet, to how they feel on the ground. Turn your attention to the child you are with, to the entirety of what they are doing/saying. Listen for stillness. This can feel very uncomfortable the first few times we try to do it.

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Geography Teacher Sharing

APRIL 25, 2024

Sign in to school AI [link] Select discover and select Video Explorer. I have chosen a video on pro-poor tourism for the lesson. [link] Enter the YouTube video url. You can also show the video to the class first and allow the students to explore the content of the video by asking questions or getting feedback from the AI. It is all personalised! On the student's device.

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Maitri Learning

APRIL 25, 2024

Anxiety is everywhere. But even when we feel it, we can still be of use to the children we're with. When you feel it, when your heart races, when things are elevating, turn your attention to your feet, to how they feel on the ground. Turn your attention to the child you are with, to the entirety of what they are doing/saying. Listen for stillness. This can feel very uncomfortable the first few times we try to do it.

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Life and Landscapes

APRIL 25, 2024

WITHOUT WILLIAM HARTNELL, THERE WOULD BE NO DOCTOR WHO! Jennifer Lawrence is a big Louisville movie star. Oscar caliber talent in “Winter’s Bone.” She won the Academy Award for Best Actress in “Silver Linings Playbook.” But perhaps her most popular roles are in “The Hunger Games” and “X-Men.” Fantasy and science fiction film features.

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Zinn Education Project

APRIL 25, 2024

They say we’re disturbing the peace, but there is no peace. What really bothers them is that we’re disturbing the war. — Howard Zinn Calls for “campus safety” fill the mainstream media airwaves as students around the country speak out against the unfolding genocide in Gaza. Yes, safety at school is important — for everyone. But here it is twisted into a cudgel to cancel speeches, enact police violence, and otherwise suppress the voices of students and educators of conscience.

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