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How to Be an Antiracist Educator: An Interview With Ibram X. Kendi

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You write that “racist policies are the cause of racial inequities” and that “policies determine the success of groups.” Does the book reflect your own teaching style or teaching philosophy? There is a lot of history and lots of factual information in the book as well, but it feels very personal.

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Thinking Outside the Music Box: Using Digital Tools to Teach Music and More

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During my 20 years as a music teacher and band director at Far Hills Country Day School, a Pre-K through 8 independent school in Far Hills, New Jersey, I have had wonderful success integrating music across multiple curriculums, including history, math, science, writing, PE, art and world languages.

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Transforming Adult Students into Scholars

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It teaches the basics of critical thinking, research and academic writing. They want to read and write and think. They write brief papers and give short oral reports, building skills and stamina they eventually will need to complete and present a capstone research project, their final assignment before they graduate.

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Developing Your Approach to Generative AI

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Students can use generative AI for academic tasks such as brainstorming, drafting, or improving writing; summarizing, explaining, or synthesizing texts; and data analysis (Sallam, 2023). Generative AI tools can identify grammatical issues and provide tailored suggestions to edit students' writing. 2023; Gordon, 2023). Alhafni, B.,

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Why Schools Should Teach Philosophy, Even to Little Kids

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This is a thought that recurs throughout history — this question of how do we tell what's real? Lots of little kids play around with the boundaries between reality and dreams, reality and make believe, in just the way that philosophers have throughout history. And Rex isn't uncommon. And Rex isn't uncommon.