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How One District Takes STEM Learning to the Next Level

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Esports offers incredible benefits for student engagement, community and skill building, and pathways to higher education and job opportunities. In the United States, there are over 15,000 esports teams in K-12 schools, and many esports teams and programs emphasize access to students with disabilities.

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Behind the Data: Uncovering New Truths in School Librarian Employment

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There were specific reading and writing standards related to information-seeking and research skills. And we know that the K-12 population is becoming more diverse. We were able to peg correlations to topics that are much more specific to what librarians teach. What types of things came out of the interview process?

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Come for the computers, stay for the books

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Chun’s district is at the forefront of a national movement to turn K-12 librarians into indispensable digital mavens who can help classroom teachers craft tech-savvy lesson plans, teach kids to think critically about online research, and remake libraries into lively, high-tech hubs of collaborative learning — while still helping kids get books.

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Genealogy course takes high schoolers deep into their family histories

The Hechinger Report

Reagan is already using her newfound research skills in a history class. In a school that is more than 90 percent white, her genealogy course offers a rare opportunity to talk about diversity. Especially where our school is not culturally diverse, within our genealogies, we are,” Brunelle said.

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