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Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: How School Districts Choose Edtech That’s Culturally Relevant

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As classrooms across America become increasingly diverse, with growing populations of multilingual learners and students from various cultural backgrounds, school districts face a critical challenge: selecting educational technology that truly serves all students. million in the fall of 2011. to asking “Will it work for whom?”

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6 Key Principles That Make Finnish Education a Success

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They’re things like learning how to learn, cultural competence, interaction and self-expression. They focus on taking care of oneself and managing daily life, but also on competence with both technology and working life. These are called multidisciplinary learning modules. What are transversal skills?

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Schools Are Desperate to Stop Violence. Will These New Guidelines Help?

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In a culture of fear and anxiety about school violence, schools can overreact, one researcher argues, mislabeling bad discipline practices. Proponents argue that it’s given threat assessment a bad name. Will a new set of guidelines from the National Center for School Safety help?

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Gale and Utah State Library Partner to Provide Residents Free Access to New Digital Resources

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Gale In Context student databases : 7 multidisciplinary, multi-source type databases covering elementary, middle, high school, environmental studies, biographical info, science and a wide range of viewpoints on todays social issues.

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What YouTube and Hollywood Divas Can Teach You About Active Learning

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Course Hero is an online learning platform where you can access course-specific study resources contributed by a community of students and educators. Faculty Club is a multidisciplinary community of educators sharing ideas to advance innovation and celebrate excellence in higher education. Hollywood diva Judy Garland.

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Why Old Arguments for Earning a Diploma Don't Resonate With My Students — and Which Ones Will

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What Happens When Students Don’t Receive a Diploma Culturally, graduation is a right of passage and a source of immense pride. Another recent graduate, a talented, multidisciplinary artist, was recently featured in one of the most prominent art spaces in the city — and is currently publishing his first magazine.

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Why Every Student Deserves a Robust Arts Education

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I teach in a college and career pathway program for the visual and performing arts in which students spend half of their school day studying the arts at an advanced level, while connecting their knowledge from core classes through multidisciplinary projects. Throughout my teaching career, I witnessed the decline of arts education firsthand.

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