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A Teacher’s Guide to Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

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A Teacher’s Guide to Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month May 2, 2024 • Studies Weekly Diverse perspectives strengthen education, according to Heather Singmaster’s EdWeek article from November 2018. Then in 1992, Congress passed a law that designated May as Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

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Coronavirus Chronicles 028 – Heritage High School

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Thank you, Shameka Gerald , for sharing how Heritage High School in Newport News, Virginia is adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. Coronavirus Chronicles 005 – Mabel Rush Elementary School. Coronavirus Chronicles 011 – Liberty Public Schools. Episode 028 is below. Related Posts.

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How to Teach Soft Skills in Elementary School

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How to Teach Soft Skills in Elementary School May 6, 2024 • By Studies Weekly In elementary school, students learn and refine an immeasurable number of skills. However, science also allows our elementary school learners to develop critical soft skills.

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Coronavirus Chronicles 030 – Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School

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“It was kind of cool, kind of scary,” said Ophelia weeks later, while taking bites of barbecue chips at Heritage Kitchen, a restaurant a block away from her family’s apartment. But last February, Ophelia received her first dose; she was excited about starting kindergarten at West Whitesburg Elementary School this fall.

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A small rural town needed more Spanish-language child care. Here’s what it took

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Instead of working in her dream role as an elementary school teacher, she spent her days hauling cow organs for inspection. It benefits Latino children to have a Latino provider because they have the same lived experience, same heritage — it’s easier for them to connect to families, to get more family engagement.”

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