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Does the future of schooling look like Candy Land?

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At first glance, the binders incorporating a whole year of learning at the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester look a little like Candy Land, the beloved game of chance where players navigate a colorful route past delicious landmarks to arrive at a Candy Castle. MANCHESTER, N.H. — It’s a view that’s catching on.

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Trying to improve remote learning? A refugee camp offers some surprising lessons

The Hechinger Report

While the pandemic and the sudden shutdown of schools provoked fear, the teachers at this remote refugee camp in northern Iraq weren’t worried about how students would cope: They were confident their students were prepared to take their learning fully online. Credit: Photo Courtesy of Charlie Grosso/Hello Future.

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The school counselor pipeline is broken. Can new federal money fix it?

The Hechinger Report

Sometimes, the kids arrive angry, outraged at how they’ve been treated by a classmate or teacher; other times they show up sad, or overwhelmed. This spring morning, a boy came in crying, complaining he’d been treated unfairly during a game in gym class. On this day, though, the boy wasn’t interested in toys or games. SODUS, N.Y.

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Digital Equity: It’s More Than Just Student Access

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It’s an economic concern, as schools consider how they can ensure equal access for all. And it raises questions about gender and race: How can schools inspire more girls and students of color to pursue STEM? Amesse Elementary at Denver Public Schools. Amesse Elementary. Angelina Walker, principal of John H.

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Orientation Inspiration 2017

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games and Pokemon Go scavenger hunts. students will work in teams of two to four to collect the Seesaw emojis posted around your classroom. To collect the emoji, they will scan the Seesaw QR code, listen to the video in Seesaw, talk as a team, and cross the emoji off on their game board. game board to print. Engagement.

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Why haven’t new federal rules unleashed more innovation in schools?

The Hechinger Report

The two-story, red-shuttered colonial house where Brian Stack lives in New Hampshire is not too different from the homes where he grew up just down the road and across the border in Massachusetts. Stack is the principal of Sanborn Regional High School in Kingston, New Hampshire. Photo: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report.

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A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning

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This story also appeared in The New York Times. Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., After dealing with the first priority — making sure students were safe and fed — schools had to figure out how to keep the learning alive. There is no one-size-fits-all remedy and no must-have suite of digital learning tools.