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Funding & Recognition
Financial Literacy Scholarship Program
Rapper 21 Savage’s Leading by Example Foundation has partnered with financial services company Chime for an online financial literacy and scholarship program in English and Spanish, with the aim to help students expand their monetary knowledge.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Podcast Revealing Science Stories Behind Everyday Words
Did you know the origin of the word meme has more to do with evolutionary biology than LOLcats? Or that the chemical element cobalt takes its name from a pesky goblin in German folklore? Science Diction is a bite-sized podcast about words—and the science stories behind them.
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Health & Safety Resources
Technology to Help Schools Mitigate Risks
SafetyCulture, the world’s leading platform for workplace safety, is making its premium technology available to schools nationwide, free of charge. Through its Safely Back-to-Learning initiative, SafetyCulture is providing schools with easy-to-use digital checklists and technology enabling schools to implement consistent and easily verifiable safety protocols based on CDC or state and local guidelines. Administrators, teachers, and students will be able to view their school’s real-time data dashboard that shows the status of conditions and cleaning activities based on the checks completed. Checklists and protocols can quickly be adapted to reflect the conditions and characteristics of each school. Take advantage of this free technology today by signing up here.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Civic Initiative to Bring People Together
The Better Arguments Project is a national civic initiative created to help bridge divides between students and the community—not by papering over different viewpoints but by helping the school community and students to have “Better Arguments” that bring them together rather than driving them apart.
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Mobile Learning
Classical and Contemporary Philosophers in the Age of Social Media
Designed for the iPad, Western Philosophers teaches the timeless wisdom of some of the greatest minds in human history—from ancient Greeks to modern thought leaders—and does so with a twist: it presents snippets of philosophers’ works in a social media-like feed.
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Communication Tools
Become a Paperless Institution
“Since COVID we were having difficulty getting IEPs approved by guardians, who were remote. Within minutes of using SignEasy, we were able to send and receive eSignatures!” – Covina-Valley Unified School District
And it’s not just IEPs. SignEasy lets users eSign parental forms, contracts, payrolls, absence requests, hiring and onboarding forms, and much more. SignEasy is the eSignature solution for schools. Get going instantly with a free trial.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Virtual Hike Through the Grand Canyon
The US Grand Canyon is one of the deepest gorges on Earth, and one of only a few places for exploring 2 billion years of Earth’s history. Students can experience this remarkable natural wonder by taking an independent virtual tour. The Canyon Field School @Home environmental education program brings the wonders of Grand Canyon National Park to youth across the country.
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Funding & Recognition
LifeChanger of the Year Award
Sponsored by the National Life Group and its foundation, the LifeChanger of the Year Award celebrates K–12 educators and school employees from around the country, who are making a profound difference in the lives of children by exemplifying excellence, positive influence, and leadership.
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Image by Marcos Cola from Pixaabay
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Funding & Recognition
COVID-19 Student Support Recovery Grant
The School-based Healthcare Solutions Network is accepting proposals for COVID-19 School Support Recovery Grants from local education agencies, charter school management companies, as well as public, charter, and private schools, to implement telehealth mental health program services for children impacted by short- and long-term school closures due to the pandemic.
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STEM • STEAM • STREAM
Ecosystem of Apps to Nurture New Designers
SOLIDWORKS Apps for Kids makes many aspects of the engineering process accessible to children. Whether it’s designing and making, applying principles of mechanics, or just inspiring creativity, the collection of apps will teach and engage children as young as four.
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Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Mathical Book Prize Readings
The National Math Festival (NMF) inspires youth of all ages to see mathematics in the world around them through fiction and literary nonfiction. The 2020–2021 National Math Festival will begin on December 9 and 10, 2020, with live NMF Mathical Book Prize Readings by mathical authors.
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Professional Growth
Teaching Methodology for Holding Online SEL Conversations
The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) is hosting a series of virtual webinars under the umbrella of Teach Different. One of the webinars is “Teach Different with Sophocles: An online conversation with your students on Success and Hardship,” which will take place on December 10, 2020.
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Professional Growth
Teaching and Leadership Practices for Building Civic Engagement
From January 20 to February 2, 2021, Harvard Graduate School of Education is hosting “Civics Education and Youth Participatory Politics,” a self-paced, two-week online workshop that explores how educators can develop a curriculum that builds students’ capacity as civic actors, encourages learners to become engaged with central issues, and positions youth to take informed action.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Virtual Celebration of Latinx Children’s Literature
The Latinx KidLit Book Festival is the largest gathering of Latinx children’s book authors and illustrators for students, teachers, and book lovers everywhere. This virtual festival will take place on December 4 and 5, 2020, and feature more than 150 Latinx authors and illustrators.
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Digital Learning • Learning Support
Rhyming Vocabulary Game Inspired by Hip-Hop
Board games are the center of game nights, yet with all the fun they offer, there is little representation of Black culture within the industry. That lack of representation and a love of hip-hop and literacy inspired Chantel Calloway to create Rhyme Antics, a rhyming vocabulary game inspired by hip-hop for people 12 years old and up.
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