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53 back-to-school tips and insights for a great year

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We need to prioritize discussions on how to effectively support multilingual students. School and district leaders will be actively seeking innovative approaches, leveraging data, and collaborating with advocacy organizations and policymakers to bring about meaningful changes in how we educate English Language Learners.

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Going Beyond the Hour of Code

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See Code.org’s comparisons of CS curricula by grade level: elementary curricula. an interactive collage in Scratch, a website, a mobile app, a physical computing project). Give them guidance in how to make their work relevant for your students. See a sample letter to principal, advocacy slide deck , and additional resources.

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Trying to improve remote learning? A refugee camp offers some surprising lessons

The Hechinger Report

The program operates in what she calls a “mobile-first environment,” meaning 90 percent of the program is taught on a phone, even though classes are in-person. The program teaches students how to use the internet as a tool for more than just communication. Grosso and Hameed both believe the transition to remote learning in the U.S.

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

The Hechinger Report

While some students remain unconnected, Oakland’s effort has emerged as an example of how to tackle a citywide digital divide. “We It’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Rebeca Shackleford, the director of federal government relations at All4Ed, an education advocacy nonprofit. The homework gap isn’t new.

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Who is the new U.S. Education Secretary, Miguel Cardona?

The Hechinger Report

“It’s not lost on me, the significance of being the grandson of a tobacco farmer who came here for a better life, who despite having a second grade education was able to raise his family and create that upward mobility cycle,” he added. He’s not going to be up in front of people talking about [how] we’re going to charge together.

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Digital Equity: It’s More Than Just Student Access

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Amesse Elementary at Denver Public Schools. Amesse Elementary. He likens these practices to taking away students’ encyclopedias, through which they find knowledge and begin to make choices that will lead to advocacy for others and for themselves. Palmer High School in Colorado Springs.

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A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning

The Hechinger Report

Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., After dealing with the first priority — making sure students were safe and fed — schools had to figure out how to keep the learning alive. What works for a high school in a major urban area may not fit the needs of a rural elementary school. on March 18, 2020. Inequity looms large.