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Affirming the Needs of Students with Disabilities in 21st Century Learning
By: A. Parsi. The inclusion of students with disabilities has come a long way. It's time to push for inclusion in 21st-century learning systems too.
Alive With Possibility: 20 Tips for Creating Responsive Schools
Responsive schools create a culture of possibility for youth by giving voice to their interests today and exposing them to opportunities for tomorrow. They enable success in what’s next—in work, learning, and community service.
ConnectEd Links Learning to Career Pathways
ConnectEd is taking Linked Learning national through long-term often grant-funded district partnerships. This month we observed two of these partnerships in action.
HopSkipDrive: Safe Ride Share for Kids
What if kids could use ride share services to travel to their internship or get home after soccer practice? HopSkipDrive, a Los Angeles startup, has solved this problem with a safe transportation solution for families and schools.
10 Innovations that Support Students’ Community Contributions
How many of us recall our elementary and secondary education experiences truly mattering outside the four walls of our schools? Surely our parents, relatives or neighbors saw some value in what we studied, but few if any programs focused on supporting students in community outreach and impact. Thankfully, that’s changing.
10 National Safe Schools Week Resources
This week is National Safe Schools week. Here are 10 resources to help parents, educators and students to learn more about different safety concerns and how to address them in schools.
8 Trends Improving Student Options In Online Learning
It's National Online Learning Day, so in celebration let's take a look back at how far we've come and eight trends we're seeing in online learning today.
The Road to Solutions
Over the last month, our family vehicle has been having issues. The battery died once, we gave it a jump and didn’t think about it again. Two weeks later, it would not start again. Here's what we learned about solving problems through the process.
Parent-Teacher Communication in a Multilingual School District
By: Dr. Melanie Morgan. With the growth of ELL students in the classroom on a steady rise, today’s teachers need to be prepared to communicate with ELL students and their parents. Here are a few options I've found helpful in my own classroom.
Elly Goes on Tour to Teach Students Healthy Eating Habits
By: Joyce Sun. Why is there such disconnect between what individuals know they should eat and what they actually choose for their body? Here, we take a look at strategies for teaching students how to eat healthily.