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What Will Schools Do in the Fall? Here Are 4 Possible Scenarios

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Click to Brick Learning The gist: The school district will continue online learning in the fall, monitoring public health benchmarks and communicating with local government and health personnel to determine when it is safe to return to brick-and-mortar classrooms.

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Election Organizing Went Online This Year With Help From Students Too Young to Vote

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So some poll worker groups made an extra effort to recruit younger people into their ranks for this election—including high school students, since most states allow people under age 18 to serve in that role. She helped to lead an initiative to get every eligible high school senior in Montgomery County, Maryland, registered to vote.

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From Hotspots to School Bus Wi-Fi, Districts Seek Out Solutions to ‘Homework Gap’

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This topic has gained some attention in recent years, as the mission to connect all U.S. schools to high-speed broadband nears completion. Schools, nonprofits and local governments could then provide students with the maps showing where they can find free internet in their area.

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How This Teacher Brings Census Data to Life in the Classroom

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The census helps companies plan where to create jobs; local governments plan where to build roads, schools, and hospitals; and finally helps students and organizations that research the numbers bring awareness to issues and possible solutions. I use my voice to grab the kids' attention. He got me excited about U.S.

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Dear Liberal Arts Major: STEM Companies Need Your Skills to Grow

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Jennifer Wolochow majored in philosophy and religion at Stanford, hoping to become a high school teacher. “I A sociology degree from Harvard led to a number of local government and nonprofit jobs in New York after graduation. That was true for Wong of Square.

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Aspen Institute’s Newest Ascend Fellows Represent a Tightening Focus on Early Childhood

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We must pay attention. Rucker taught in the classroom for a couple of years, then joined the city of Baltimore as its Head Start coordinator, launching her career at the intersection of early childhood and local government. The local level is where the rubber meets the road. We must invest.

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In Search of OER’s Future and Edtech’s Missing Evidence at SXSW EDU

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Looking at those two girls making out in the doorway again, I thought, why can’t I be as confident as they clearly are,” Tim Manley, a former New York City high school teacher, said in an opening keynote session, to lots of laughs, as he recounted his humbling, trying first-year teaching experience.