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4 possible COVID learning realities

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Pandemic Planning for Distance Learning: Scenarios and Considerations for PreK–12 Education Leaders , a report from New America, asks just those questions. District leaders work closely with local government and health officials to monitor health, CDC guidance, and reopening procedures.

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How to Teach Cyber Safety in Kindergarten

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How to Teach Cyber Safety in Kindergarten. But how do you teach a child as young as 5 how to safely navigate such technology? The key to teaching young children about correct online behavior, she says, is to adopt age-appropriate lessons and strategies — and not scare them. K–12 Schools Use Video to Teach Digital Citizenship.

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DEI in action: eSN Innovation Roundtable

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In looking at policies and processes, we must keep in mind that [we are] teaching students every day–regardless of race, nationality, gender, religion, orientation, neurodivergencies, whatever their otherness might be or not be. Context matters, and we have to ask the questions to understand the context for each and every student.

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Districts put DEI into action

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In looking at policies and processes, we must keep in mind that [we are] teaching students every day–regardless of race, nationality, gender, religion, orientation, neurodivergencies, whatever their otherness might be or not be. Context matters, and we have to ask the questions to understand the context for each and every student.

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

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Sheliya then brokered an agreement between local government officials and Airbnb to publish more data on the effectiveness of these types of programs in the city. Personally, I believe that teaching SEL as a stand-alone is poor pedagogy. This work supplies essential questions to hook K-12 students in thematic instruction.

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

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The idea of sitting by when we have the capacity to use our voices and speak up against injustice—it’s kind of a question of, Why not?” Questions about racial justice and equity also came up, with requests for relevant teacher training and changes to discipline policies that disproportionately affect students of certain races.

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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. Constructivism also works well with inquiry-based learning (click for more on inquiry-based teaching). Traditional teaching vs. Constructivism .

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