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Embracing diversity in the classroom: Strategies for inclusive education

Hapara

More willingness to listen to other viewpoints instead of scorning or fearing what is unfamiliar is another indicator of inclusive education. Research from the Brown Center for Education Policy at Brookings found that Black students are 5.8 Why is diversity an issue for schools? percent more likely to be suspended multiple times and 2.2

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Sir Ken Robinson: A Brief In Memoriam [guest post]

Dangerously Irrelevant

Amidst the chaos of 2020 we lost a true leader in education in late August just as schools were trying to reopen. Like most of you that knew Sir Ken Robinson’s impact on education, I first learned about him through his wildly popular TED Talk in 2006. Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, University of Kentucky.

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How the New Compare & Connect K-12 Helps You Access Greater Bandwidth at Lower Costs

Education Superhighway

We are thrilled to announce that we’ve made three critical updates to this tool to provide a more seamless search experience and help districts identify the price comparisons that are most relevant to them. To make it even easier for districts to find actionable comparisons, the updated Compare & Connect K-12 has simplified map views.

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Localized Raises $1.2M to Bridge Alumni and Career Networks Across the Globe

Edsurge

For a fee, Localized also lets educational organizations white label the platform, where they can create private channels and communities. Other features, including reporting analytics, custom webinar setup and industry roundtable events are available at an additional cost.

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Celebrating Hour Of Code

The Web20Classroom

Fast forward to today and now kids all over the globe celebrate Computer Science Education Week (CSEW) and, more importantly, Hour of Code the first week of December. Comparison of 50 Coding Tools -The list to end all lists. I had so much fun! I wish I had kept up with it and continued learning coding. No problem! Do you have iPads?

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COVID-19, academia, and the big push online: an update

Bryan Alexander

How is higher education responding to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak? (If If you’re new to this blog, I’ve been tracking the virus since it appeared in January, as part of my broader project of studying the future of higher education. You can find all of my posts about the topic here.). The virus continues to spread.

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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

Edsurge

By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. Department of Education reported that for the 2015-2016 school year, more than 7 million students —or 16 percent of all students—and 20 percent of high school students are chronically absent.

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