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Coronavirus is the practice run for schools. But soon comes climate change

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How Schools Are preparing – and Not Preparing – Children for Climate Change,” reported by HuffPost and The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide.

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Rally to Restore Philadelphia School Librarians: Responses, reflections, and resources

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Effective use of these e-resources requires time to learn how to navigate and search each one. In addition, school librarians teach students and faculty alike how to integrate these digital resources into their teaching and learning. He discussed the digital divide with them. He’d worked in that very school.

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Digital Equity: It’s More Than Just Student Access

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He likens these practices to taking away students’ encyclopedias, through which they find knowledge and begin to make choices that will lead to advocacy for others and for themselves. The digital divide will not be bridged simply by coding but “by young leaders who have been educated to transform their reality” says Amouzou.

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Should rich families be allowed to fundraise a better public school education for their kids?

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Instead it is often up to people like Bazemore, other PTA board members and school staff to donate their own money to cover membership fees, buy lunches during teacher appreciation week or help families afford tickets to attend special events. “We How do we honor — not vilify — what parents are trying to do at their school level?”

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Addressing the Digital Access Gap: One District’s Success

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Community members also participate in a makerspace during the event. In addition to the tools and events described, CCISD works closely with schools through collaboration and design meetings, which is how it implemented the device distribution process.

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Final Schedule Published - Library 2.0 Mini-Conference on "Urban Librarianship: Embracing Challenges and Opportunities"

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This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded. network to be kept updated on this and future events. conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide. This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded.

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List of Sessions for Next Week's Conference - "Urban Librarianship: Embracing Challenges and Opportunities through Innovation, Leadership, and Best Practices"

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This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded. community to be kept updated on this and future events. conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide. This Library 2.0 Please also join the Library 2.0