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

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She has served as a teacher, worked with Teach For America and the New Teacher Project, and served as the Chancellor of D.C. Specifically, she’s launched Reconstruction , a collection of online courses and curriculum focused on Black contributions to American and world history, targeted specifically at Black students.

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

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And since teachers are on the front lines of this new normal in education, they need to know the virtual signs of students experiencing mental health issues as well as have strategies to address them. 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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