Education Today – April 5, 2023
Mindfulness practice and writing together help youngsters deal with sorrow, develop confidence and love poetry.
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Mindfulness practice and writing together help youngsters deal with sorrow, develop confidence and love poetry.
“Rhymes With Reason” founder, Austin Martin, talks with Education Today hosts about Hip-Hop rhymes as a route to super vocabulary for all students.
Holy Names University announced that it was closing this term and that the Board intended to “sell to the highest bidder.” We hear details on what that means and the opposition to it from two students and a city council member.
Hear from one of the leaders of an Arab and Muslim group that has been struggling with the San Francisco school district to make Eid a holiday in the schools. Why does it matter? What has happened? Are they winning? What role does Islamophobia play in the opposition?
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Latest education research and news. What is the best study method to learn new information? Why has the College Board changed the content of the African-American studies Advanced Placements course? What is the impact of teacher-student relationship on what students actually learn? And then we talk with callers.
Some educators are worried about students learning to write, when artificial intelligence chatbots can write sophisticated essays for them. Our guest discusses the positives and negatives of this development, and shares a bit about his experiences as an international teacher in four different countries.
French teachers are among the millions protesting the government’s devastating “reforms.” Millions in the street just yesterday. Hear a teacher from France and a U.S. teacher discuss what it all means to them.