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DEI in action: eSN Innovation Roundtable

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Context matters, and we have to ask the questions to understand the context for each and every student. Internet access is not affordable for all families, so that raises the question around whether this is about equitable access to technology or about affordability. Without question. I think the issue is more affordability.

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Districts put DEI into action

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Context matters, and we have to ask the questions to understand the context for each and every student. Internet access is not affordable for all families, so that raises the question around whether this is about equitable access to technology or about affordability. Without question. I think the issue is more affordability.

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How to Teach Cyber Safety in Kindergarten

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Kids have a hard time understanding there is someone on the other end of a computer,” says Laurie Salvail, a curriculum development specialist with the National Integrated Cyber Education Research Center (NICERC), a division of the Cyber Innovation Center in Louisiana. by Erin Cunningham.

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What is Constructivism and How Does it Fit Your Class?

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Constructivism teaches students not the bullet points of a curriculum but how to learn by engaging in problem-solving, higher-order thinking, and collaboration. field trip: See the real-world context to class concepts such as farming, a factory, or local government in action.

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Here’s How Head Start Parents Are Building Careers As Early Childhood Educators

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She is now the curriculum, instruction and training coordinator for the Community Partnership for Childhood Development, the agency administering Head Start programs in the Colorado Springs region. She oversees curriculum development, professional development and new staff training for 69 classrooms. What are you going to do next?

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From Relief Funds to Online Classes, COVID-19 Upends Early Childcare Software Startups

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The companies have raised at least $46 million from investors since last year, according to EdSurge data, and employ hundreds of engineers, marketers, curriculum developers and other positions. The companies have also fielded questions around applying for subsidies like the $2 trillion federal stimulus program and U.S.

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An Education ‘Intrapreneur’ on the Difficulties Innovating in a Conservative Industry

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The question is, how do people who break rules also succeed? It became clear to me that those in public sector, in state and local government, in higher ed, and in K-12 had potentially a very different role. If we could integrate calculator-based activities into the curriculum, then it would improve the math. That's one.

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