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Grandparents raising grandchildren under lockdown: When the protectors are the most vulnerable

The Hechinger Report

Above the fireplace hangs a portrait of her daughter Emily, who overdosed in 2016 after a years-long struggle with a heroin addiction. But for grandparents raising grandchildren, that’s not possible, said Jaia Peterson Lent, deputy executive director of Generations United, a nonprofit advocacy group. Critical Condition.

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Empowering Superintendents to Connect Technology and Learning

edWeb.net

In fact, many school technology plans fluctuated depending upon the latest fads and what someone learned at a conference and had little connection to curriculum or learning goals. She is a frequent presenter at state, national and international education conferences. “If it’s edtech, it must be good,” used to be the mantra in schools.

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Strategies for Culturally Responsive Teaching

edWeb.net

A decorated educator of 21 years, Monica has received honors and awards from a wide variety of organizations for her leadership, advocacy, and classroom instruction. She is a 2015 Milken Unsung Hero Fellow and a 2015 NEA Foundation Global Fellow. Kelisa Wing has been an educator for 12 years. Kelisa honorably served in the U.S.

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The Emergency Home Learning Summit : Amazing Series + Final Early-Bird Pricing #homelearningsummit #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Pat Farenga: Trusting Every Child's Unique Learning Path THE AERO CONFERENCE Yong Zhao Keynote at the 2016 AERO Conference Peter Gray: Self Directed Education. Webinar #2: The Elementary-School Years Webinar #3: What Will We Do Now That We’re Learning at Home? What Is It, How Does It Work? More to come. hours a day.

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

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The Global Leadership Summit is a pre-conference special event at ASCD’s Empower19: The Conference for Every Educator and part of the Global Education Conference Network’s fourth annual Global Leadership Week. He has presented at many conferences in North America, Asia, and Europe. Department of Education.

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Why Getting Help for Kids with Dyslexia is Difficult

MindShift

Dayne Guest graduated from high school in 2016. When Billy Gibson, 18, was in elementary school, he couldn’t spell his own name. “And then you go into Jemicy and you have a teacher conference and the teachers sit down and say, ‘You know, we think your child would benefit from this, this and this.

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In Puerto Rico, the odds are against high school grads who want to go to college

The Hechinger Report

So unrelentingly are the cards stacked against them that only 694 high school graduates from all of Puerto Rico went to college on the mainland or abroad in 2016 , the last year for which the figure is available from the U.S. million, only 694 high school graduates from all of Puerto Rico went to college on the mainland or abroad in 2016.

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