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Combating chronic absenteeism by keeping students engaged and other learned lessons in Colorado schools
About 27 percent of Colorado’s students are chronically absent from school, 10 percent or more of the school year. The state ...
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The ‘recycled’ plastic in your shoes, shirts, and bags? It’s still destined for the landfill.
“Taking a plastic bottle and turning it into part of a pair of sneakers that after a year will be buried or burned is not perpetuating a cycle,” said Kevin Budris, deputy director of Just Zero, a ...
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How I Navigate the Classroom as a Neurodivergent Teacher
EdSurge Voices of Change fellow Fatema Elbakoury has battled with mental health issues all her life, and her conditions have ...
Inside Ag: Idaho bean farmers go back to class
The two main bean growing regions in Idaho are the Treasure and Magic Valleys. That's why they hold two bean schools, one in Twin Falls and one in Caldwell. Beans are planted in rotation with other ...
East Bay teacher facing controversy for showing off Pride flag, inclusive books in 1st grade class
A group of parents in the East Bay are angry with an elementary school in Pittsburg. That first-grade teacher at Heights Elementary School posted a video on social media showing her putting up a Pride ...
Opinion: Limiting devices in schools could be the key to restoring classroom community
Without the constant distraction of their phones, students are starting to engage more with class material — and with each ...