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Kids Don’t Always Believe in Climate Science. Are Schools Miseducating Them?

Edsurge

This was a classroom full of climate refugees, and many of them said, ‘Oh, it hasn’t affected my life yet. What I found was that there’s a lot of kids who are learning climate denial in the classroom. And it’s pretty common that kids either get miseducated or they just learn nothing at all about the phenomenon in classrooms.

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Why the Boldest Ideas in Education Come From Underrepresented Entrepreneurs

Edsurge

“Transforming misery into agency” is among the visionary goals that co-founder Wisdom Amouzou has for The HadaNõu Collective , which currently operates centers in public high schools that “map authentic experiences to academic standards.” We need to talk about crisis beyond the classroom.”. Minority groups make up only 5.5

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Teachers go to school on racial bias

The Hechinger Report

“Black kids need to know they’re not being singled out,” says another, during a conversation about making sure that her students see she isn’t playing favorites when it comes to classroom discipline. They’re known as cultural proficiency seminars and attendance is mandatory. Related: How implicit bias creeps into the classroom.

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How Schools Can Help Teachers Understand and Address Racial Bias

MindShift

“Black kids need to know they’re not being singled out,” says another, during a conversation about making sure that her students see she isn’t playing favorites when it comes to classroom discipline. They’re known as cultural proficiency seminars and attendance is mandatory. It’s a step that doesn’t come easily.

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Magic of the Everyday: Southern CA Educators Share 10 Best Teaching, Technology Practices

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Avera would teach them the tools in the morning, then take over one of the teacher’s classrooms in the afternoon to demonstrate the lesson. For each session they start with the academic standards, then get creative with devising projects that can bring the lessons to life. Not every teacher was initially onboard. Get Connected.