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How do you teach antiracism to the youngest students?

The Hechinger Report

Ankita Ajith can recall learning about slavery, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks at her Katy, Texas, elementary school in the Houston area. Colleges are holding professional development online events for educators on how to reimagine education with racial justice in mind.

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TEACHER VOICE: Here’s why teachers should help students develop logic and reasoning skills early on

The Hechinger Report

Today, elementary school teachers share similar struggles with their students. Unfortunately, most elementary schools teach math and English language arts separately. Thera Pearce is the learning services manager at ORIGO Education. Reading skills are closely related to children’s ability to solve math problems.

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A rural Montana district goes all in on makerspaces

The Hechinger Report

Now the middle school, along with two of the district’s other elementary schools and its high school, have makerspaces. On the infrastructure side, Havre’s schools got switches and servers, but they also got a week of strategizing and support. Their energy is transforming classrooms.

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Investing in leadership capacity: The amazing, wonderful District 59

Dangerously Irrelevant

Day 3: Problem- and Inquiry-Based Learning – Review of last session’s evaluations and our rules of play – Crowdsourcing – Understanding how Wikipedia really works – Crowdsourcing ideas for students and teachers – Essential elements of project-based learning – PBL v.

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What Is the True Cost of a 1:1 Device Program? One State’s Careful Rollout Offers a Look

ED Surge

One survey of educators found a jump from about two-thirds of middle and high school students having access to a school-issued device prior to the pandemic, to 90 percent a year later. The pandemic-era jump for elementary school students was even larger: from under half to 84 percent.

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The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

The Hechinger Report

Schools also have access to professional development gatherings in the fall and spring, a Summit “success manager” assigned to their schools and online support, all at no cost. Related: Project-based learning boosts student engagement, understanding. How do they draw that something is happening?”.

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Tales from the Road: Highlights from a Tour of Districts in the League of Innovative Schools

Digital Promise

Stephenville Independent School District – Stephenville, TX. Hook Elementary School reimagined the structure of their third and fourth grade classes by organizing schedules in “pods,” where elementary teachers are given the opportunity to dive deep on more specific areas of expertise.