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Nearly One Fourth of American Children Live in Poverty, So Why Are Schools Trashing Their Lunches?

When many children are food insecure, for any school to intentionally inflict hunger is indefensible.

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Can a Video Game Teach Compassion and Grit?

Teaching kids social and emotional skills needs to be fun. This video game could help.

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Here's What It's Like to Be Pushed Into the School-to-Prison Pipeline

MLK had a dream that one day his children would not be judged by the color of their skin, but the content of their character. We ain’t there yet.

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A City Education: Students Will Stop Saying 'That's Gay' and 'Retarded' if Adults Quit, Too

Not only does using words in a negative context degrade those who may identify with them, they perpetuate the notion that it's okay to say them.

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What Should Schools Teach When Students Are Being Murdered?

Shouldn't schools explicitly teach students how to get home safely with the same level of rigor and accountability as in a science lesson?

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A City Education: Learning With Students by Practicing Inclusivity

Students must understand how necessary keeping an open heart and open mind becomes when approaching social justice or human rights issues.

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Three Ways to Make a Difference For Public Education in 2014

The most important thing we can do to restore equal opportunity in our nation is strengthen public education.

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Best of 2013: 9 Organizations Changing the STEM Equation

100Kin10 is working to persuade STEM majors that teaching is an awesome way to start their careers.

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Psst, Dan Pink, Educators Don't Sell, They Engage

s it conceivable that Dan Pink isn't reifying a market-based model of teaching and learning?

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Best of 2013: 5 Ways Kids Inspired Us Through Play

Students, schools, and communities get stronger when we all reconnect with the spirit of play.

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What Does the 'Hour of Code' Really Look Like at a K-12 School?

So, what exactly do teachers do during the 'Hour of Code?' The first school in the U.S. to make coding part of the core curriculum reveals all.