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The Challenges Educators Face

A Principal's Reflections

Dedicating time to fortify universal instruction and systematic procedures while continuing to attend to the intensive needs of the high volume of kids in crisis & experiencing trauma. Inspiring high school students to choose teaching as a profession. Even taking responsibility for picking trash up that they dropped.

Education 368
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How one university is luring coveted honors students with social justice

The Hechinger Report

Tyndall turned down a bevy of offers from colleges in other states to attend Rutgers’ Honors Living-Learning Community (HLLC), which brings together dozens of students each year for a residential program that combines rigorous academics with a social-justice focus. “I They’re in a great position in the job market.”.

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Two Programs with Fresh Solutions to the Teacher Shortage

Cult of Pedagogy

Program 1: Educators Rising Educators Rising is a national grow-your-own program that nurtures middle and high school students who want to become teachers. Through school-based chapters, EdRising gives students training and clinical teaching experience before they ever set foot on a college campus. .” Come back for more.

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Teach Truth Campaign Display

Zinn Education Project

The box includes three picture books and one high school text that have been banned or challenged in recent years: When Wilma Rudolph Played Basketball, When Aidan Became a Brother, Fry Bread, and The Bluest Eye. The American Library Association, a campaign cosponsor, provided Free People Read Freely bookmarks.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

The UC Davis California History Social Science Project frames current events within their historical context , connecting students’ present to the past. As fun as it is to explore the maps collection of the British Library , it’s even better when we roll up our sleeves and get to work. Let’s take maps, for example.

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PROOF POINTS: Paper beats pixels on most picture books, research finds

The Hechinger Report

With libraries shuttered and bookstores a nonessential trip, many parents have downloaded book after book on tablets and smartphones to keep their little ones reading. For Kucirkova, improving digital books is a matter of “social justice”. Photo: Sarah Garland/The Hechinger Report.

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Curating a More Inclusive Library

Cult of Pedagogy

Curating the kind of library that truly reflects the diversity of human experience takes time, intention, money, and good tools. She is the co-author, along with Valerie Tagoe, of the 2022 book Liven Up Your Library: Design Engaging and Inclusive Programs for Tweens and Teens ( Amazon | Bookshop ). It’s a win-win-win-win-win.”

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