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From DC Chancellor to Edtech Founder: Kaya Henderson on Her New Venture in Culturally-Relevant Education

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It is an online platform that focuses on providing a culturally-affirming identity development classes for African-American young people. I want teachers and tutors and curriculum designers to be free to do the things that we think are good and right for kids. and told their schools, “I don't see myself in the curriculum.”

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Virtual Signs of Serious Mental Health Problems: A Teacher's Guide to Protecting Students

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That was already true before the start of this turbulent year, thanks to the advent of the smartphone, the rise of social media and the growing dominance of internet culture in daily life. But other indicators, such as on-screen interactions with family members and turning off the camera, are new to distance learning.

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Human Bias Is Everywhere in Tech. To Fix It We Need to Reshape Computer Science Education.

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As we transition into the new year reckoning with a violent insurrection organized on social media, the spread of disinformation about a deadly pandemic and breakdowns in distance learning, it would be remiss of us not to acknowledge the impact of technology on every facet of our society.

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