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Kids Don’t Always Believe in Climate Science. Are Schools Miseducating Them?

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And so of course I wondered, if they moved here, what would he learn about climate change? So I think it’s safe to assume you didn’t find the most promising results about what kids are learning about climate change. What I found was that there’s a lot of kids who are learning climate denial in the classroom.

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How to Build a High-Functioning Remote Team for Your Edtech Company

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districts, schools, teachers and students; literacy-related frameworks and academic standards; the competitive product landscape; target user and buyer personas (such as curriculum director or librarian); and pain points for school administrators, teachers and students. We covered topics such as number of U.S.

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Why the Boldest Ideas in Education Come From Underrepresented Entrepreneurs

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“Transforming misery into agency” is among the visionary goals that co-founder Wisdom Amouzou has for The HadaNõu Collective , which currently operates centers in public high schools that “map authentic experiences to academic standards.” The school will serve 250 students across five centers this fall. TrainingGrounds. “We

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Why all screen time isn’t created equally

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The thought is so alluring that parents often ask early education teachers what the best apps are, said Lisa Guernsey, speaking at the national seminar of the Education Writer’s Association in Nashville this week. The Learning Accelerator on blended learning: `In the future, we’ll just call it learning’. Related stories.

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How Freshman Seminars Can Help Students Starting the Ninth Grade

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At Maplewood High School in Nashville, every freshman is required to take a semester-long freshman seminar course that helps them think about what they want to do with their lives, and prepares them for what high school will be like. We learn: What does it take to get into college, what does tuition mean?” ” Cook said.

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Teachers go to school on racial bias

The Hechinger Report

They’re known as cultural proficiency seminars and attendance is mandatory. Attendance is nearly 95 percent, the number of students meeting or exceeding academic standards in English is on par with statewide levels and the school reported zero suspensions in 2018. “I

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Magic of the Everyday: Southern CA Educators Share 10 Best Teaching, Technology Practices

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This has not only helped students to learn how to use their email appropriately but empowered them to reach out when they have issues. Balance Novelty with Academics Riverside Unified School District has tried a lot when it comes to technology, from personalized delivery systems to coding initiatives and, more recently, virtual reality.