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5 Keys for Successful Remote Learning

A Principal's Reflections

However, the current pandemic and social justice movements across the globe have brought a more unified focus on the work that needs to be done. Equity There have always been issues with equity when it comes to education.

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The Challenges Educators Face

A Principal's Reflections

integration of universally designed practices to help all students (which covers social justice, restorative practices, SEL) and somehow helping more teachers embrace that accommodations are not cheating. Even taking responsibility for picking trash up that they dropped. Inclusion and REAL collaborative teaching.

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Professional Development to Look Forward To

Zinn Education Project

We are thrilled to announce the 2024–2025 Teach the Black Freedom Struggle season of online classes — a series unlike any other professional development. Since launching these during the isolation of the COVID quarantine, this remarkable series has grown into a learning network dedicated to social justice and collective action.

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2025 ACLS Leading Edge Fellowships

Society for Classical Studies

In 2025, the ACLS Leading Edge Fellowship Program will offer 16 two-year fellowship opportunities with mission-driven social justice nonprofits for recent humanities and interpretive social sciences PhDs. Fellows will take on roles in advocacy, policy research, communications, public engagement, and more.

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OPINION: Why attacking educators for antiracist teaching is dangerous

The Hechinger Report

These bills forbid teachers from providing instruction that wades deeply into social justice topics. The program is designed to “elevate” the voices of historically marginalized people and has a goal of having students complete social justice action tasks. The student lessons are specific to grade-level bands.

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Resources for Teachers and Instructional Coaches – October 2021

Edthena

The push vs. pull of professional development. But you’ve likely attended professional development sessions that felt like a slog. In this ASCD article, professional learning expert Jim Knight talks about how to create momentum in PD with the analogy of a car. Remedies for teacher stress do exist.

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OPINION: We must remove barriers that keep teachers away from our profession and encourage a diverse workforce

The Hechinger Report

Principals and school leaders need professional development so that they can better advocate for their teachers and students. States and districts need to reexamine their layoff policies so that teachers’ effectiveness, and not just seniority, can be considered.