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Election Organizing Went Online This Year With Help From Students Too Young to Vote

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Students younger than 18 volunteered as poll workers, organized voter registration drives and hosted forums for candidates to discuss their platforms. School Board Elections Although presidential races naturally attract the most election attention, students are often more directly affected by local school board races.

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DEI in action: eSN Innovation Roundtable

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What do they look like in terms of the active participation of teachers and students? Department of Education’s recent edtech plans] discussed active vs. passive consumption of technology. This is a community problem that our local government should be investing in. How do these DEI concepts play out in your districts?

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Districts put DEI into action

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What do they look like in terms of the active participation of teachers and students? Department of Educations recent edtech plans] discussed active vs. passive consumption of technology. This is a community problem that our local government should be investing in. How do these DEI concepts play out in your districts?

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What is Constructivism and How Does it Fit Your Class?

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Constructivism is a student-centered philosophy that emphasizes hands-on learning and active participation in lessons. It’s a learning philosophy like Habits of Mind or John Hattie’s Visible Learning (click for a discussion on those). Constructivism works with any curricula because it isn’t one.

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Youth? ?Can? ?Change? ?the? ?World:? ?Lessons? ?from? ?the? ?T-Mobile? ?Changemaker? ?Lab?

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They work with schools, local governments, and other youth development programs to offer a series of five week-long educational workshops. Anthony Price (standing, left) and Jesse Ferguson (standing, right) participate in a mentorship session pitching their program to T-Mobile leaders.

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How to Promote Civic Engagement through English and Math

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Formally, students may serve on their school’s student government to influence change within the school. Students may participate in civic engagement through an informal fashion such as volunteering in their communities to improve the environment by cleaning up trash. Develops Empathy. Promotes Knowledge. Classroom Culture.

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The Digital Divide 2.0: Navigating Digital Equity and Health Equity in Education

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According to the National Digital Inclusion Alliance, digital equity is a “condition in which all individuals and communities have the information technology capacity needed for full participation in our society, democracy, and economy.” This definition points to opportunities to take action.