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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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Kayla Delzer: 3 Ways to Promote Student Leadership in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

From student-led social media to students calling parents with score reports and student-led conferencing, these three ideas can help empower students in your classroom. Just for one example, we have student-led social media accounts in our classroom. Student-led social media accounts. Listen Now.

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Focusing on upstream prevention can stem school violence

eSchool News

Since 1999 there have been over 300 violent tragedies that have played out from college campuses to elementary schools, and 320K students have been exposed to gun violence. This approach refers to preventing violence before it starts by giving members of the school community the tools and accountability to ensure a safe environment for all.

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

Edsurge

That is to say, people who are part of certain racial groups — likely a reference to the outsized impact climate change has on Black and Hispanic people — and low-income people. Continuing reverberations from pandemic-era remote learning, gun violence and social media to name a few. That can come in many forms.

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The Future is Now: Preparing Our Youngest Scholars for a Digital World

The CoolCatTeacher

00:01:25:09 – 00:01:50:19 Debbie Tannenbaum This is my 25th year in education, my sixth year as a tech coach, and during my first year as a tech coach, I'm in elementary school. Do you want to hold it up in front of your face and report or do you want to hold it to the side? So tell us a little bit about your journey.

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Do protocols for school safety infringe on disability rights?

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Valerie Plesch for the Hechinger Report. Generally, after an incident occurs or staff receive a tip — say, a student gets into a fight or posts on social media condoning the use of violence — a team uses a structured process to gather information, interview the student and witnesses, and decide on a threat level to assign the student.

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10 Ways to Use Defined Learning for Project-Based Learning Excellence

The CoolCatTeacher

In this task, my students will write a technical report for entrepreneurs interested in using 3D printers in manufacturing. . Product display is also a great time to take pictures to share on social media and publicly celebrate learning with public displays and student-created bulletin boards. Take a look at the Task Plan.

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