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Will Virtual Reality Lead More Families to Opt Out of Traditional Public Schools?

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For students at a new Florida-based charter school, entering the classroom means strapping on a VR headset. While plenty of schools have experimented with short lessons conducted in virtual reality, this new school, called Optima Academy Online, has embraced the technology as a primary mode of course delivery.

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Voices at the Center: Asian American Educators Rising

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“When the murders happened in Atlanta, my school said nothing.” In one Philadelphia-area public school district, a K-8 teacher recalled, “We had an online morning meeting every day, and still, nothing was said in that morning meeting. The silence from colleagues and school leadership was particularly invalidating.

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Encourage Creativity in the Classroom

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“Eighty-seven percent of teachers and 77% of parents agree teaching that inspires creativity has a bigger payoff for students” This according to Gallup research (To read more of the report, click here ). Kids don’t go to school just to learn classical subjects such as history, math, or geography.

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Use Unconventional Research Sites to Inspire Students

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So when it comes to research, are you still directing kids toward your grandmother’s resources — encyclopedias, reference books, and museums? This is a great primary source for students third grade and up in researching almost any topic, but especially history. NOVA Videos . The UK-based SchoolsWorld.TV

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Best Online History Games

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Source: mission-us.org Besides history games, Mission US also offers various educational resources to use with students in class including document-based activities, vocabulary builders, writing prompts, review questions, primary source documents, suggestions for further reading and research, and many more.

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The power of geographic information systems: bringing data to life with maps

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I went to university to study geography, then started a master’s in meteorology. I was also taking classes in remote sensing and GIS which I found very exciting, so I transitioned back to geography and focused on climatology for my master’s thesis. All aspects of school are important, not just the academic content of your classes.

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Social solutions for socio-economic issues

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Nathan will work to catalogue the existing training programmes within the region, at both high schools and higher education institutions like universities and colleges. Nathan will also work with local high schools to help students understand which skills they might need to develop to begin their journey along their chosen career path.