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

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What would a national Black curriculum look like? That is the question that I was asking myself over and over again, and I shared this idea with Roland Fryer. I want teachers and tutors and curriculum designers to be free to do the things that we think are good and right for kids. That’s a good question.

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

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But other indicators, such as on-screen interactions with family members and turning off the camera, are new to distance learning. On a daily or weekly basis, the teacher can gently ask some probing questions, such as, “What was most stressful about yesterday?” “Who

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