Lawmakers in at least five states filed bills that threaten to cut funding to schools that share...
 
NSTA
NSTA Unveils New Resources to Support K-12 Educators in Planning Science Lessons
Check out NSTA’s newest resources for K-12 educators: NSTA Daily Do Playlists! NSTA Daily Do Playlists are suggested instructional sequences of NSTA lessons that can be used to help students coherently build science ideas over time.
 
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Check Out the New NSTA Calendar
Keep track of all the NSTA key dates and deadlines for our web seminars, events, competitions, and more.
 
 
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Freebies for Teachers
Free resources for teachers!
 
 
EdSurge
What Teachers Pay Teachers Is Learning from Bad Lessons and Upset Teachers.
The site has struggled for years with allegations of plagiarism, racist lesson plans and poor content quality—all of which are regularly discussed on social media.
 
 
 
USA Today
Republican state lawmakers want to punish schools that teach the 1619 Project
Lawmakers in at least five states filed bills that threaten to cut funding to schools that share curriculum about slavery, racism and U.S. history.
 
 
 
EdSource
Talks slow, no word yet from Newsom and top lawmakers on deal to reopen schools
Disagreements over vaccinations and extensive Covid testing appear among issues yet to be resolved for elementary students to return to class.
 
 
 
District Administration
How to actively address educational equity for Black students with disabilities
As students return post-COVID, district leaders must ward off more subtle systemic inequities as they address issues of reliable internet access and other student supports.
 
 
 
eschoolnews
ManagedMethods Launches Industry-leading Student Cyber Safety Monitoring Powered by Artificial Intelligence
ManagedMethods, the leading Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 cybersecurity, student safety, and compliance platform for K-12 school districts, today announced the launch of its Signals student safety monitoring feature. Signals by ManagedMethods is...
 
 
 
The Hechinger Report
To test or not to test? Educators weigh the value of standardized testing during a pandemic
When schools in Columbus, Ohio, opened up classrooms this fall for the state’s third grade reading exam, just over a third of students showed up. The rest stayed home, for reasons district leaders can only guess at. This story also appeared in NBC News...
 
 
NSTA Blog
Designing for Social Justice in Science Teaching and Learning: Working Toward Rightful Presence
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