“It’s important to meet kids where they are. To care about the planet you first have to love it.” Mindy Thomas Anya Kamenetz The Hechinger Report

Kids Don't Know Enough About Climate Solutions. Children's Media Could Help.
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As students learn new – and sometimes devastating – information about climate change, it helps to allow them to be outside in nature and participate in collective action. Caleigh Wells @KCRW

How to inspire climate hope in kids? Get their hands dirty
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Transforming schoolyards into green, shaded spaces creates STEM learning opportunities and fosters problem-solving skills. Nimah Gobir Green Schools National Network
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Why schoolyards are a critical space for teaching about — and fighting — climate change
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Make every day Earth Day with stories that connect readers to the natural world. Kristin L. Gray SchoolLibraryJournal

5 Middle Grade Books to Celebrate Planet Earth
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Climate advocates are calling to make climate education a greater priority this #EarthDay . P Sharma The Conversation U.S.

Earth Day 2024: ‘Green muscle memory’ and climate education promote behaviour change
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Making math curriculum culturally responsive and relevant to students can help get them engaged in the material. Maddy Will Education Week

3 Ways to Strengthen Math Instruction
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Checking in on and supporting students when they're feeling frustrated, anxious or overwhelmed can do a lot to keep them in the right headspace to learn. Lori Desautels edutopia

7 Strategies to Help Overwhelmed Students
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Academic fights usually don’t go beyond the ivory tower. But Jo Boaler’s popularity has made her a focal point in the current math wars. Jill Barshay The Hechinger Report

Stanford’s Jo Boaler Discusses Her New Book ‘MATH-ish’ and Takes On Her Critics
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Reading multiple books about a historical figure or event or theme helps us layer and add nuance to our thinking about Black history. Dawnavyn M. James

How to build a Black history children's book collection for your classroom
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Teachers are looking for ways to help their students make sense of the world and the news. One key element of their approach is media literacy. sequoia carrillo NPR

Like it or not, kids hear the news. Here's how teachers help them understand it
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A study from Carnegie Mellon University finds that everyone learns at the same rate, although some students have a head start. Jill Barshay The Hechinger Report

A group of scientists set out to study quick learners. Then they discovered they don't exist kqed.org/mindshift/6275…

As school districts depend more on technology, cyberattacks against those systems, and the sensitive data they store, are on the rise. Kavitha Cardoza NPR

Hackers are targeting a surprising group of people: young public school students kqed.org/mindshift/6335…

Optimists think and talk continually about their goals. 🌠

Ideas via Martin Seligman
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To help advise teachers, a team of learning scientists compared two common methods: chanting and flashcards. Jill Barshay The Hechinger Report

Flash cards prevail over repetition in memorizing multiplication tables
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Kids were more likely to forgive others when the apology was sincere, when they thought of the other child as part of their group or team, and when they had more advanced theory of mind skills.

3 Research-backed tips for teaching forgiveness to children kqed.org/mindshift/6317…

Experts say drug education that focuses on harm reduction techniques – designed to keep people safe when they do choose to use – could help save lives. Lee V. Gaines
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'Just say no' didn't actually protect students from drugs. Here's what could kqed.org/mindshift/6274…

Practicing music increases synapses and gray matter in your brain. This helps not only in the playing of an instrument but in any life activity where learning and memory are needed. Susan Magsamen

How arts education builds better brains and better lives kqed.org/mindshift/6137…

Being a responsible digital citizen means being respectful of yourself and others while online.

Ideas via Kayla Dornfeld
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In addition to books, at some libraries you can borrow tools, access online tutors, and even get tickets to local museums and attractions. Life Kit

7 surprising ways the public library can help you save money kqed.org/mindshift/6270…

“AI is going to eat assessments for lunch.” - Ulrich Boser, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress Caroline Preston Javeria Salman The Hechinger Report

How AI Could Transform the Way Schools Test Kids kqed.org/mindshift/6352…