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Educators Speak Out About Leadership, Identity and Systemic Change

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Over the last nine months, weve worked with eight fellows whose pathways in education are as diverse as they have ever been, including a trauma psychotherapist turned early childhood counselor, a physics teacher with a penchant for storytelling and a Jordan-born immigrant who moved to the United States to pursue her passion for teaching.

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Discovery Museum Celebrates 30 Years of Delivering Hands-On Science in Elementary School Classrooms

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Museum educators deliver twenty-three STEM topics, including Sound, Weather & Climate, Physical Changes of Matter, and Force & Motion, to give elementary and middle school students direct experience with how things work in the physical world. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. About MathWorks.

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3 ways to build community in a multi-cultural school

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I teach at Fort Sam Houston Elementary School, which is located on a military base in Texas. ELL students and families are very common at this school, because the military here has an exchange program with the surrounding nations, where military personnel can trade places with other personnel around the globe.

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In Elementary School, Many Teachers Have a Shaky Grasp of Math. Can Preparation Programs Change That?

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The list of explanations ranges from a math-avoidant culture to schools difficulties hiring and keeping talented teachers, a job that seems to have become harder postpandemic. Now, a new report suggests that teacher preparation programs underemphasize math instruction at the elementary school level. That has consequences.

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How we turned around our school culture and student performance

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Solution: The district partnered with Discovery Education and created STEAM Innovate! , Emerson says there was a huge culture shift, but thanks to the five-year plan Discovery designed, they rolled it out slowly, starting with four innovators at 20 elementary schools. When you give something like this STEAM Innovate!

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eSN Hero Awards Finalists: 11 inspiring educators

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The eSchool News K-12 Hero Awards recognize the dedicated efforts of education professionals across K-12 departments, including IT, curriculum, instruction and administration. The program received an influx of inspiring nominations that highlight the innovation and selflessness of educators in schools and districts across the nation.

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Protecting our students: The urgency of securing education data

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But there is another critical area often overlooked in these discussions: education. Our educational institutions, from elementary schools to universities, are not immune to the growing threat of cybercrime. Schools across the U.S. Historically, education was not a prime target, but that has changed.

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