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Service-Learning Can Be the Bridge to Social Emotional Learning. Educators Should Embrace It.

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Interestingly, before this point, Jeslyn and her peers had always needed my guidance on these kinds of projects; all of a sudden, they were working bell-to-bell, motivated by their passion for the issue. Part of me wondered, had my role shifted towards helping them find resources and less toward managing classroom engagement?

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Supporting Students Means Taking Care of Parents, Too. Here?s How Schools Can Help.

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It is important, perhaps now more than ever, to recognize the inherent strengths of each parent while also tending to their personal development, motivation and self-actualization. The program is offered at our school in East Palo Alto, California, where most of the community is low-income.

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Aspen Institute’s Newest Ascend Fellows Represent a Tightening Focus on Early Childhood

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Rucker taught in the classroom for a couple of years, then joined the city of Baltimore as its Head Start coordinator, launching her career at the intersection of early childhood and local government. The local level is where the rubber meets the road. But the local level is where the rubber meets the road.

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

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It's recharged and motivated me." They work with schools, local governments, and other youth development programs to offer a series of five week-long educational workshops. So it's inspiring to be around other young people who are passionate about addressing community issues and hear their feedback on how we can grow together.

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How This Teacher Brings Census Data to Life in the Classroom

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Bolstered by his trademark energy and enthusiasm, along with educator resources from Statistics in Schools (SIS), he's motivating students to learn about statistical literacy, data analytics, interpreting maps and the overall significance of the census. But as the 2020 census approaches, he's digging a little deeper.

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The ‘Bad News Guy’ of K-12 Cybersecurity on a Grim Milestone — and His Next Project

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Ransomware actors are absolutely targeting school districts more frequently—though, in a broader context, lately they have been targeting all kinds of local government agencies, where the infrastructure tends to be older, IT teams tend to be smaller and less focused on security, but where the services they provide are essential to their communities.

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Empowering Students Through Durable Skills: Insights from Partnering and Learning with America Succeeds

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For example, Gibson Ek High School engages students in interest-driven internships and self-directed projects, fostering intrinsic motivation and targeted skill development. It connects learning directly to real-world applications, boosting motivation and understanding. This approach’s holistic focus sets it apart.

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