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Announcing the 2021-2022 League of Innovative Schools Cohort

Digital Promise

Located in Mississippi, Columbus Municipal School District is committed to advancing advocacy of learners’ parents. In April 2021, the district launched monthly parent advocacy meetings focused on restorative justice, literacy, and college and career readiness. Their trainings and materials were used across the country.

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Why Don’t Early Childhood Programs Have Access to Substitute Teachers?

Edsurge

Nicole Lazarte, now the policy and advocacy communications specialist at NAEYC, was recently working as an infant teacher at an early childhood center in northern Virginia. If someone in a preschool classroom had to miss a day of work, a floater could fill in for them in that classroom all day. Still, some efforts are underway.

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5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces

EdTech Magazine

Makerspaces — a key element of STEM education — are popping up in classrooms and libraries across the U.S. It’s a creative space where students not only can build things, but also create things, such as a new advocacy program on a social issue. “In We do training, and we follow up with more training,” she says.

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Quiet In The Classroom: How To Recognize And Support Introverted Entrepreneurs

EdNews Daily

Quite often, in the classroom or the boardroom, introverts are forgotten, especially when the loudest person always runs the show. Advocate: Young introverts need parental advocacy for public school. Transforming The Classroom to Support Innovative Introverts. Create Student-Centered Classrooms. Spread Awareness.

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How AI Can Foster Creative Thinking in the Classroom and Beyond

Edsurge

AI has the potential to transform classrooms by offering personalized learning experiences that align with individual strengths, interests and learning needs. If it wasn't made for the classroom, it probably wasn't made to improve learning. If it wasn't made for the classroom, it probably wasn't made to improve learning.

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New Approaches to Instructional Technology Coaching

Digital Promise

Now, with video conferencing tools, coaches are able to “visit” more classrooms on a given day. In fact, the coach at Andover Middle School in Miami, Florida, created a flexible schedule to allow teachers to book learning consultations, classroom visits, and one-on-one instruction.

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More than a passion project, literacy advocacy takes a village

eSchool News

Between Seattle, Naples, and the Bahamas, there are advocacy villages everywhere, filled with educators like Hannah Irion-Frake, a third-grade teacher in Pennsylvania who spends her career advocating for and creating readers. “I I provide training for teachers in my district in science-based literacy practices,” Irion-Frake said.

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