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Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: How School Districts Choose Edtech That’s Culturally Relevant

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Technology is not neutral,” says Joshua Jonas, a curriculum and instruction researcher at Baylor University and former high school teacher. “It The traditional approach of choosing tools based on ease of use, efficiency or cost is proving inadequate for today’s multicultural learning environments.

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A Call to Action: We Must Do Better for Our Children, Our Students

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As the primary author of the Safe and Sound Schools Comprehensive Framework for Safety Planning and Development, she provides practical guidance across six key pillars: emergency management, community engagement, physical safety, mental and behavioral health, school climate, and overall wellness.

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A Call to Action: We Must Do Better for Our Children, Our Students

k12 Digest

As the primary author of the Safe and Sound Schools Comprehensive Framework for Safety Planning and Development, she provides practical guidance across six key pillars: emergency management, community engagement, physical safety, mental and behavioral health, school climate, and overall wellness.

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New Nationwide Data Shows Significant Increase in Alerts on Self-Harm, Harm to Others and the Presence of Weapons on K–12 Campuses

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This week, the latest mass shooting happened on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, another unsettling event almost five years to the date since 17 lives were taken at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

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How to Prepare Students for Jobs in the Self-Driving-Car-Industry

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That painfully obvious pun is actually one of the truest things you can say about this nascent, multidisciplinary enterprise, and it also encapsulates the challenge educators who want to prepare their students to work in this industry are facing today. Take it in high school if you can,” he says. Change your oil.

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Back by Popular Demand: SHP Donates $10,000 to Students Across Ohio

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Cincinnati – Architecture, interior design, and engineering firm SHP is awarding $1,000 scholarships to 10 high school students. The honors were announced during a reception at the 2022 Ohio School Board Association’s (OSBA) annual Capital Conference in November.

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Why Old Arguments for Earning a Diploma Don't Resonate With My Students — and Which Ones Will

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Each year, some students do not meet these expectations, and as a result, they are told they have not earned a high school diploma and aren’t able to walk across the stage with their peers. Today, as our children leave high school and enter the so-called “real world,” they are facing a world changing at an unprecedented pace.