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PBS News Hour Classroom December 03, 2020

Dolly Parton: “A Force in American Life”

Ask students: What is something creative, like songwriting to Dolly Parton, that helps you cope with different aspects of life?

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Digital Promise December 03, 2020

How to Improve the Teacher of Color Pipeline? Ask Teachers of Color

How can we increase recruitment of teachers of color and create meaningful solutions to address a worsening systemic shortage?

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Rosamund Looney December 02, 2020

Adjusting to the New Normal

Top Blog of 2020: Honorable MentionYes, it’s a chaotic, demanding, uncertain, cringe-inducing tightrope walk. Yes, we are all swamped with fatigue. But it’s really just a new normal Tuesday.

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PBS LearningMedia December 01, 2020

A Call for Anti-Racist Action to White Educators

A white educator discusses learning about, and committing to, anti-racist action, and what we can do as educators to support meaningful change. 

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The Nature Conservancy November 23, 2020

How Can We Inspire Children to Protect Nature When They Live in a Virtual World?

Nature Lab is an online platform that teaches the science behind how nature works and how we can act now to safeguard it for future generations.

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Digital Promise November 19, 2020

Where Are The Teachers of Color? Addressing a Pressing Problem

It’s not a secret: The teacher workforce does not reflect the demographics of our student population. Today, 54 percent of students are of-color while only 18 percent of teachers are of-color.

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Amber Chandler November 18, 2020

When I Used to Know Things: Pandemic Uncertainty and Looking Toward the Future

All I know is this: Before this pandemic, there was another hardship that never touched me, and it was called uncertainty.

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PBS News Hour Classroom November 18, 2020

How Musical Traditions Are Passed Down to New Generations

Ask students: Can you think of music or art made by past generations that inspires you? If so, what is it? How are musical traditions passed down?

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PBS News Hour Classroom November 17, 2020

How A Biden Administration Would Take On Climate Change

How can the Joe Biden climate change plan make changes to environmental policy even without an agreement with the Senate on new laws?

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PBS News Hour Classroom November 17, 2020

"Facts Are Stubborn Things": Teaching Government Amid False Claims of Voter Fraud

"Facts are stubborn things": A government teacher and his student discuss Trump's claims of voter fraud despite zero evidence.

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