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What Does It Take to Put Inclusive Curriculum Legislation Into Practice?

Edsurge

The state partnered with Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago (AAAJ Chicago) — a local advocacy organization focused on advancing civil rights and racial equity, which advocated for the passage of the TEAACH Act — to support implementation.

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Let’s Support College Student Mothers During the Pandemic — and Beyond

Edsurge

“Between cooking meals to feed my children throughout the entire day, keeping up on household duties, ‘mommying,’ doing my own college courses, and teaching … there was never enough time,” says Memoree Skinner, an elementary special education teacher, graduate student, and mother of three. Individuals can make a difference, too.

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Digital Equity: It’s More Than Just Student Access

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DEFINING EQUITY: EMPATHY, AUTHENTICITY, AND ACCESS Sean Wybrant, Digital Media Studies Teacher, William J. Amesse Elementary at Denver Public Schools. Although we often talk about digital equity in terms of trying to fill deficits, says Sean Wybrant, digital media studies teacher at William J. Amesse Elementary.

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High school graduation rates for one important group are starting to get better

The Hechinger Report

Miguel Hernandez, who came to Los Angeles four years ago knowing only his Zapotecan dialect and neither Spanish nor English, is now headed to California State University at Northridge to study computer science. Counselors routinely invite parents to Spanish-language workshops on college applications and financing.

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How Teens Can Develop And Share Meaningful Stories With ‘The Moth’

MindShift

More recently, it has moved into schools, offering afterschool workshops, a class curriculum and an intensive three-day storytelling session for teachers. “I So in the fall, she invited Moth educators to Harvest Collegiate to carry out an afterschool workshop with nine kids, while she acted as the teacher liaison.

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Come for the computers, stay for the books

The Hechinger Report

based education advocacy group. “It Other paths to tech know-how include a district’s office of information technology and workshops such as those hosted by Future Ready. My schedule is rarely the same two days in a row,” he said. “I I go wherever teachers need me.”. And if it bombs, it’s not on you.”.

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

eSchool News

Newsletters Why : Advocacy, community connections, sharing resources, showcasing student work How : Wakelet , Padlet , Smore , Google Slides, PPT “A newsletter is a wonderful way of advocating [for your library], Holzweiss said.