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Chicago Public Schools is monitoring students’ social media for ‘worrisome behavior’

eSchool News

Chicago Public Schools is monitoring students’ social media posts for signs they might engage in violence on campus or harm themselves so that school staff — and in some cases police — can intervene. Chicago Public Schools piloted a similar social media monitoring program in the mid-2010s. newsletters.

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School Counselors Have Implicit Bias. Some Are Ready to Address It.

Edsurge

It was 2017, and the Minnesota high school where he worked—which also happened to be the high school he attended as a teenager—was in turmoil over a video circulating on social media. In October 2020, ASCA sent out its annual “ State of the Profession ” survey, the results of which were published in January.

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23 Earth Day Activities, Resources, Web Sites, & Apps

Teacher Reboot Camp

They can share their ideas on social media to make people worldwide more aware and encourage people to make small and big changes to preserve resources and reduce waste. The American Museum of Natural History’s Ecology Disrupted section has lesson plans and resources, including a database of teacher created case studies.

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Pressure mounts for universities to anticipate in-demand jobs

The Hechinger Report

Whatever happens to the economy, shortages will remain not just in phlebotomy, but in many other professions, and some may even get worse as a result of the pandemic; social distancing and changes in behavior following the massive shutdowns will likely increase the already strong demand for digital and social media marketers, for instance.

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Automation Will Hit Young People Hardest. Can These Nonprofits Prepare Them for It?

Edsurge

Tanner: I would say the persona of the course is what students are used to finding online, on social media platforms. We have lots of case studies and examples that really allow them to explore different concepts, such as one about bias that might be on TikTok. I call it “Gen Z curriculum design.”

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Georgia Model for Virtual Professional Learning: Supporting Educators During COVID

edWeb.net

One of the other beautiful things about the community is we know we have teachers who are anti-social-media. They don’t use any social media platforms, and we do a lot on our social media. We sent out a survey in March of 2020 to teachers and leaders and asked some basic questions.

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Georgia Model for Virtual Professional Learning: Supporting Educators During COVID

edWeb.net

One of the other beautiful things about the community is we know we have teachers who are anti-social-media. They don’t use any social media platforms, and we do a lot on our social media. We sent out a survey in March of 2020 to teachers and leaders and asked some basic questions.