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Final Schedule - "Wholehearted Libraries" Online Mini-Conference on Tuesday, March 10th

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Our first Library 2.020 mini-conference of the year is next week: "Wholehearted Libraries," online (and for free) on Tuesday, March 10th , from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Not only do libraries need high tech, they also need staff who approach their work with a wholehearted attitude.

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Play is crucial for middle schoolers, too

The Hechinger Report

I teach at a K-8 school, and when I look at these seventh and eighth graders, they’re no different than the kindergarteners,” said Robert Lane, a STEM teacher at the Sierra Verde STEAM Academy in Glendale, Arizona. Middle school students in Robert Lane’s STEM class dig through a box of supplies for a class project. Lane the STEM Guy.”

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Tips from the Experts on Hosting a Successful Webinar

edWeb.net

She is a recognized STEM education expert, an authority on U.S. Winter Group serves companies and organizations in the K-12, higher education, and library sectors. Rita Ferrandino has built an international reputation as one of the most effective strategists and coalition builders in the education entrepreneurship community.

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Colleges are using big data to track students in an effort to boost graduation rates, but it comes at a cost

The Hechinger Report

Only about 55 percent of students who started at a four-year school in 2008 had bachelor’s degree six years later. At the time, public budgets were reeling in the aftermath of the 2008 recession, and states were cutting funding for public universities. But some STEM majors are tougher than others. Related: Federal data shows 3.9

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Why we could soon lose even more Black Teachers

The Hechinger Report

She arrived as an elementary teacher in 2008, drawn by the school’s racial diversity and stellar record in academics and the arts. “It’s crucial that school and district leaders address it.”. Prior to the pandemic, Talbott had spent a dozen mostly satisfied years teaching at Lusher.

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How One School District in Ohio Transformed an Empty High School Into a Digital Space for Teens

Educator Innovator

But after a tobacco settlement left the state with additional education funding in 2008, the Springfield City School District (SCSD) made some needed infrastructure improvements. They found a solution through YOUmedia , a growing network of digital spaces for teens at libraries and museums across the country.

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How Louisiana’s richest students go to college on the backs of the poor

The Hechinger Report

But after a year, Woods realized that his college experience just wasn’t the same as that of his classmates who made friends in the dorms, hung out in the dining halls and stayed late into the night at the libraries. The 20-minute walk to school cut into time for studying and made it harder to get to know all the new faces.

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