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Big Educator Energy (Pt. 1)

The Jose Vilson

Imagine putting the locus of your faith in actual people, not the ones you pretend to know or the ones you envision, but the actual people each with their own big and bold visions and ideas of the world. We’ve decided that speaking a better world into existence mattered more than the risk it might bring to our livelihoods.

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American Students Deserve a Multilingual Education

Edsurge

were studying a world language or American Sign Language. The result is a largely monolingual population, in a largely multilingual world. don’t have an opportunity to learn a new language in school until middle or high school. Here’s some good news. Of the small portion of the U.S. According to the U.S.

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Why diversity and STEM education are critical to our future workforce

eSchool News

Each year, we dedicate November 8, National STEM Day to encouraging students to explore and pursue their interests in STEM fields of study that propel our world forward. Overall, we’ve made great progress in STEM representation globally, but our work is just beginning.

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OPINION: Can we please stop talking about so-called learning loss?

The Hechinger Report

In recent weeks, news outlets and social media have been filled with depressing stories about “declines” in student achievement, in both reading and math. I think the results of such a consideration would surprise us all. The course was optional, and the students earned no high school or college credits.

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OPINION: Students need tools to safeguard their mental health in uncertain times

The Hechinger Report

I recently met (over Zoom) with a dozen first-year students to hear how their semester at Barnard College was going. Although they reported being engaged in their classes (something every college president likes to hear), words like uneasy, concerned, unsure and anxious popped up frequently as we talked.

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OPINION: Higher education must take the lead on climate change, beginning on our own campuses

The Hechinger Report

Our mission to prepare students and graduates to lead calls upon us to actively address what leadership means in a changing global climate. We are in the vanguard, too, of real solutions: Much of the research documenting the climate crisis and advancing potential responses originates from colleges and universities.

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6 of the best art and culture ed-tech tools

Neo LMS

We’ve delved into some quite technical stuff recently, so I thought I’d give us all a break with a little bit of art. Another wonderful site, that can easily be a teacher or student resource, it is a news and information magazine-style website that traverses a remarkable range of global cultural and historical topics.

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