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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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Making Math Class Relevant to Real Life

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Henderson previously worked for the Utah Department of Education, where she noted that math is the biggest stumbling block for students trying to get a high school diploma. Its about time that schools dragged math into the modern world, so that it imparts useful skills, Henderson says.

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Educators Speak Out About Leadership, Identity and Systemic Change

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Edgar Miguel Grajeda, an elementary art teacher in Washington, D.C., Now I realize it is not only about being there for them, but about passing on the skills I have gained to live with my neurodivergence. My teachers and administrators understand that this is imperative to the work that I do in creating systemic change.

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Is the Traditional Classroom Becoming Obsolete?

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Not all online platforms deliver quality education, and the lack of face-to-face interaction can hinder social development and collaborative skills. Relevance to Real-World Applications : Students increasingly seek curricula that align with their career aspirations and life skills.

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Up the Class Tempo with 17 Music Activities for Elementary Students

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The University of Maryland reports that music boosts social, emotional, cognitive, and motor skills. It even helps students connect to their cultural roots in meaningful ways. Turn students into rhythm detectives This fun and sneaky rhythm game sharpens auditory skills, focus, and observation.

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Research Shows Autistic People Have No Communication Deficit

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Communication styles can stereotypically differ between culture groups, genders, and generationally. It takes many years of experiencing and living in a culture to fully understand how they communicate. Lack of understanding, especially between different cultures can lead to distrust, discrimination and even violence.

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Why the Trump administration grounded these middle schoolers’ drones–and other STEM research

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In February, the Washington Post reported that NSF staff were told to comb through active research grants for keywords like “cultural relevance,” “diverse backgrounds” and “women” to see if they violated Trump’s executive orders. Families also got to put their building skills to the test. And Panchanathan resigned a few days later.

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