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Navigating Social Media With Children: A Unified Approach for Schools & Parents

American Consortium for Equity in Education

In today’s digital age, children are exposed to a complex social media landscape, presenting both opportunities and challenges.

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Policy Watch: Educators Can Teach Lawmakers What Our Students Need

EdNews Daily

As a former teacher with 23 years in the classroom myself, I understand that educating young students leaves little time for legislative advocacy. The first thing educators can do to positively affect education policy may not be the most practical from a nuts-and-bolts perspective. Setting the Tone. Doing What You Do Best: Educate!

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If we don’t engage online, we cede mindshare to others who will

Dangerously Irrelevant

Please join Dr. Heather Johnson and me for one or both of our two Spring 2019 social media workshops for SEHD faculty and students! ]. As a faculty member who has an outsized social media presence ( 53,000+ Twitter followers ; video series with 100+ million views ; one of the top education blogs in the world , etc.),

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Student Agency is More Than Voice and Choice

A Principal's Reflections

However, we must not lose sight of the third element that comprises this concept, and that is advocacy. Image credit: [link] While voice and choice are more aligned with ownership of learning in the classroom, advocacy aligns with improving the school or district culture. There is no point in student advocacy if no action results.

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Micro-credentials and COVID-19: Supporting Professional Learning When Schools are Closed

Digital Promise

COVID-19 is the first social media pandemic. While social media helps connect us, it has also accelerated the spread of misinformation and rumors about the virus. Emphasizing digital equity and advocacy. Accessing reliable information. Start earning micro-credentials.

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What Students Want Teachers—and Facebook—to Know About Digital Citizenship

Edsurge

In some hands, social media tools are blights on society, tools for bullies and misinformation campaigns. Jivani had jump started a career in self-care advocacy. Policing Policies in Headlines Most of the event focused on the positives of social media’s role in students’ lives. I was never alone.”

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PROOF POINTS: New research review questions the evidence for special education inclusion

The Hechinger Report

policy has urged schools to keep students with disabilities in the same classrooms with their general education peers unless severe disabilities prevent it. It seems a humane policy not to wall off those with disabilities and keep them apart from society. Credit: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. For the past 25 years, U.S.

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