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10 Young People Who Changed the World to Add to Your Class Curriculum

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In 2014, Jaylen was named a World of Children award honoree for his work as an anti-bullying advocate. In addition to informing students about your local chapter , share this speech Isra gave at TedxWakeForestU on climate advocacy, racial justice, and intersectionality. Sophie Cruz. like her parents. Jasilyn Charger. Param Jaggi.

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Before assigning homework, ensure that students have a home

The Hechinger Report

But since it wasn’t our house, they could use the bathroom first,” Kimberly, 12, told the child advocacy organization Children’s Defense Fund for their The State of America’s Children 2014 report. In 2014-15, the rate of homelessness among U.S. in 2017. . But at school, she was labeled truant. “I percent, but was also 2.0

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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

The Hechinger Report

It’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Rebeca Shackleford, the director of federal government relations at All4Ed, an education advocacy nonprofit. In 2017, he left teaching to work in education technology at Clever, a digital platform for schools. The homework gap isn’t new. Technology was the lifeline to information.”.

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Join Us in Chicago for the Fourth Annual Global Leadership Summit - March 15, 2019

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

She is an Ashoka Fellow, was named one of The New Leaders Council’s 40 Under 40 Progressive American Leaders, and was winner of the Tides Foundation’s Jane Bagley Lehman award for excellence in public advocacy in 2014. Gray is an educational innovation consultant working with schools, organizations, and corporations. ori students.

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Hidden toll: Thousands of schools fail to count homeless students

The Hechinger Report

The gap is often stark: In 18 states, graduation rates for students who experienced homelessness lagged more than 20 percentage points behind the overall rate in both 2017 and 2018. The academic cost is not equally shared. Black and Latino children experience homelessness at disproportionate rates, Public Integrity’s analysis showed.

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Leading Teaching and Learning in Today’s World

edWeb.net

His district also ensured that apartment complexes and mobile home parks could access WiFi with overnight placements of minibuses with hotspots. Dr. Marczak was the recipient of the 2017 National School Boards Association’s “20 to Watch” educational technology leader award.

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Going on the Offensive: Cyber Security Strategies for Schools

edWeb.net

He co-authored the 2017 Rowman & Littlefield book The Unlearning Leader: Leading for Tomorrow’s Schools Today and the 2018 Rowman & Littlefield book Student Voice: From Invisible to Invaluable. Dr. Donna Wright began serving as Director of Schools for Wilson County Schools in 2014.