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The 5 best ways to celebrate CTE Month 2024

eSchool News

The documents include lots of data and even some infographics to make a lasting impression about CTE! You have a golden opportunity to take your celebration and advocacy to the next level by getting your students more involved! Use each social media platform in different ways to celebrate and spread the word.

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What Happens When Low-Income College Students Borrow Free Laptops?

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Last year, one student started a crowd-sourced document called “ Being Not-Rich at UM ” full of advice about how to get by on a modest budget. Low-income students really feel out of place at Michigan,” says Camille Mancuso, a junior and the vice president of the Michigan Affordability and Advocacy Coalition student group.

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Students sick of ‘lip service’ from universities over racism

The Hechinger Report

So when the university chancellor eventually released a public statement condemning the killing of George Floyd, after being repeatedly called out on social media for remaining silent, Torrey saw it as performative. “I The university has a hashtag it uses on social media, #ThinkAndDo, he noted with a chuckle.

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From High School to Harvard, Students Urge for Clarity on Privacy Rights

Edsurge

The document notes gaps in privacy laws surrounding the use of one-to-one notebooks, which allows school officials to access computers without notice or consent from students or parents. In an interview with EdSurge, ACLU’s Advocacy and Policy Counsel, Chad A. Yes, that is very important.

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The newly reimagined Empire State Information Fluency Continuum

NeverEndingSearch

Offered as Word documents, these tools are easily adaptable. My New York State friends shared that a highlight among the resources shared at the Summer Institute was Sharon Fox’s (Tuxedo Union Free School District) lesson plan documents, made so easily available in her shared Google Drive folders.

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Students Are Online Like Never Before. What Does That Mean for Their Privacy?

Edsurge

Perhaps students’ mindless posts on social media are actually being watched and recorded by their school district, and then shared with law enforcement or other authorities when the language raises an alarm. We can and must do both,” said Bacardi Jackson, managing attorney for children’s rights at the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

eSchool News

When it comes to reading for pleasure, students have so many other competing interests available to them – movies, games, social media, and TV shows – that we need to aim to make it an attractive, conscious choice. An article titled “Social Media Practices and Support in U.S.