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Innovation Study Tours Explore Equity in Diverse Settings

Digital Promise

For the inaugural study tour, participating districts attended three webinars presented by the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) that culminated in a meeting in Toronto, Ontario, on January 30–31. Schools exist in very different geographical, political, social, economic contexts, but deep truths can be transferred and applied.

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The Awkward Truth About ‘Free College’—It Isn’t Truly Free

Edsurge

Free college’ is not free,” explained Shanna Jackson, now president of Nashville State Community College, during a recent webinar. For families like these to take advantage of "free college" programs, “it will definitely take some education to build the trust of the community,” Marshall says.

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Kyle Pearce: How to Make Math Visual

The CoolCatTeacher

Free Digital Citizenship Webinar: Thursday, May 10 at 5pm ET, join me for the 9 Key P’s of Digital Citizenship sponsored by NetRef AND get a free pilot of NetRef’s internet management and monitoring solution. Again, we’re not teaching that procedures are not important, because they definitely are. Kyle: I think it definitely is.

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Powerful Leadership, Vision, and Problem Solving for Districts

The CoolCatTeacher

FREE WEBINAR ON INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING. Join me, Richard Byrne and Monica Burns next Tuesday, October 3 for a special webinar on 10 Ideas for Excellent Inquiry-Based Learning. He holds superintendent, school counseling, secondary principal and secondary supervision certifications. Today’s sponsor is Kids Discover Online.

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Now a Google Certified Educator

EdTechTeam

I will definitely prepare for the level 2 and trainer certification soon! She received her Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics at Vassar College and her Master of Arts in Secondary Mathematics Education at CCNY. Nicole Hamilton was born in England, raised in Jamaica, and moved to New York at the age of 18. RSVP here for more info!

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Counseling kids during the coronavirus: A tough job made even tougher

The Hechinger Report

In late March, as states rushed to close schools, the ASCA tried to host a pair of webinars to answer those questions. But after 13,000 members registered for the sessions – and quickly crashed the servers – the ASCA stopped offering live webinars, said Jill Cook, a former school counselor who is assistant director with the organization.

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Parents fighting, teachers crying: Grownup stress is hitting kids hard

The Hechinger Report

And because there’s more negative emotion with the virus and we’re all trapped in the house together, the stress is definitely amplified.”. It was definitely weird to see moments of weakness in my teachers. A bad interaction with a teacher can definitely ruin a day,” she said. We snap at each other more,” she said.

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