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His Teachers Showed Him Why History Matters. Now He Wants to Pay That Forward.

ED Surge

Brown loves — and has long loved — learning about history, civics, geography and government, in part because he had teachers who brought infectious energy and enthusiasm to those lessons. Eager to build a career out of his interest in social studies, he thought about museum curation, archival work and practicing law.

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It Takes A Village to Support Education Innovation

Digital Promise

Department of Education. Successful networks also include robust participation from state and local government and a range of community groups.

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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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The Mental Health Crisis Causing Teachers to Quit

ED Surge

Unfortunately, neither the federal government nor states reliably keep records on teacher turnover, making that figure hard to confirm. 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

ED Surge

The humanities study the things humans makeour art, writings, thoughts, religions, governments, histories, technologies, and societieshelping us understand who we are, what we do, how we do it, why, and with what consequences, write the founding editors, Jeffrey R. According to Bulaitis and Wilson, thats the plan.