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Want to Humanize Classrooms? Take a Page From Youth Organizers.

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In my experience, this profoundly impacts how students show up in the classroom. How can teachers learn from the practices and principles of youth organizing to create more humanizing, engaging and empowering classrooms? Here are two examples that illustrate the possibilities youth organizing can offer for classroom teachers.

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This Is Your Brain on Math: The Science Behind Culturally Responsive Instruction

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As the math educator in residence at Just Equations, a nonprofit focused on the intersection of math and equity, I research math education and I think a lot about my years in the classroom. They offer an invitation to analyze how mathematics can be applied to promote civic engagement, advocacy, policy change and increased access to resources.

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5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces

EdTech Magazine

Tue, 04/24/2018 - 08:13. Makerspaces — a key element of STEM education — are popping up in classrooms and libraries across the U.S. It’s a creative space where students not only can build things, but also create things, such as a new advocacy program on a social issue. “In 5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces.

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New NWEA Study Points to Instructional Strategies Driving Academic Growth

eSchool News

Based on classroom observation and in-depth interviews with the school staff, 10 instructional strategies were identified as effective instruction that helps students grow, and fell into three main categories: Optimizing instructional time 1.

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Smoothing the path for immigrants to finish their college degrees

The Hechinger Report

In the 2018-2019 academic year, the university enrolled 6,763 undergraduate students, compared to 5,372 in the 2021-2022 academic year (the most recent year available from the National Center for Education Statistics). It has six campuses in Michigan along with its online program.

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Boxlight Recognized by The Edvocate as a Finalist in the 2018 Tech Edvocate Awards

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Boxlight Corporation (Nasdaq: BOXL) (“Boxlight”) today announced that its interactive touch technology offerings MimioFrame and MimioSpace were chosen as finalists in the 2018 Tech Edvocate awards. The MimioFrame touch board kitreceived recognition as a finalist for Best Classroom Audio-Visual App or Tool.

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Intelitek Recognized by The Edvocate as a Finalist in the 2018 Tech Edvocate Awards

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Finalists were selected by a panel of educators and K-12 parents who reviewed the submissions that were entered and judged the products and services based on the extent to which they are transforming education through the development or advocacy of edtech. The winners of the 2018 Tech Edvocate awards will be announced Friday, Aug.