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STUDENT VOICES: We need more women in STEM fields, and we have ideas for making that happen

The Hechinger Report

As high school students, we were born at the same time as the iPhone and after the launch of social media and YouTube. The way we access information and interact with each other is new. Advocacy efforts need to include and be led by youth, but that means we need support from the adults who are leading these conversations.

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How ‘Climate Anxiety’ Affects Students — and What We Can Do About It

Edsurge

Considering what the 24-year-old shares in the video about her experience as a climate activist and former environmental studies student in college, the need for a heads-up becomes apparent. “As And ironically my therapist said, ‘I get a lot of you environmental studies majors in here,’ and she was very happy that I came to see her.”

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On paper, teens are thriving. In reality, they’re not

The Hechinger Report

“I don’t think my research is saying [other measures] don’t matter, but I don’t think they capture the whole picture,” said Nathaniel Anderson, who explored the disconnect between measures of child well-being and young people’s views on their mental health as part of his doctoral studies in public health at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Discovery Education and Leading Corporate and Nonprofit Partners Launch First-of-Its-Kind Initiative Supporting Sustainability

eSchool News

This first-of-its-kind initiative is focused on empowering over 10 million students by 2030 to serve as ambassadors for sustainability by providing the digital resources K-12 students need to make informed decisions and take responsible actions supporting sustainability.

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Policy Watch: Educators Can Teach Lawmakers What Our Students Need

EdNews Daily

School leaders can help lawmakers create better education legislation by keeping them informed of current challenges and offering pragmatic solutions. As a former teacher with 23 years in the classroom myself, I understand that educating young students leaves little time for legislative advocacy. By Glen Miller.

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Global Leadership Week - Information and Schedule

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Symposium is a collaborative effort of the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA), CUE, Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership (TICAL). Wednesday, April 26 4:00pm A transformational study abroad experience in Costa Rica - Start with UPEACE ! It is truly “for administrators, by administrators.”

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OPINION: It’s time. Let’s use different ways of teaching children to read

The Hechinger Report

This is likely due to several factors: increasing involvement from parents as schools moved online; advocacy from groups like Decoding Dyslexia; social media conversations and coverage in the popular press; and a push by state legislatures toward improving our nation’s stagnant and dismal reading scores.