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Parents, faculty at Casa Grande outraged over response to ... (Petaluma Argus Courier)

Teachers begged for answers. They said they were filled with rage, disappointment, anger, fear.”

Faculty and parents of students at Casa Grande High School in Petaluma have expressed their outrage over the school’s response to a Feb. “In two meetings since (the assault), Casa administration shifted blame to teachers for not issuing bathroom passes correctly, not taking attendance correctly, and not being able to tell when a student is lying about having a phone with them or not,” a group of parents, teachers and other community members stated in a message posted to Facebook last Friday. Community members have since taken to social media to decry what they characterize as a chronic lack of proper communication or following of safety protocols at the school.

Fat On Campus: Mitigating Anti-Fat Bias in the Classroom (Diverse: Issues in Higher Education)

By Terah J. Stewart, Roshaunda L. Breeden, Joan N. Collier, Meg E. Evans, Daniel J. Scanlon, Rachel L. Wagner, Erin R. Weston. In the classic fairy tale ...

Such a policy also eases some of the discomfort fat students may feel in needing to advocate on their own and they may view such a policy as an invitation to dialogue and take action. First, it communicates to students educators’ understanding of the systemic and structural nature of anti-fat bias. The reality is that many campus buildings and structures are either out of date and/or they have furniture or classroom structures that are not friendly or conducive for fat people or people of size. Until campus leaders can move to rectify campus spaces and furniture to more closely meet the needs of fat students, we encourage all faculty, teaching assistants, and student affairs practitioners who are charged with creating learning experiences to consider how they might manage these realities and help shift them for fat students. "Fat Students & Students of Size One takeaway of this story is the obvious yet powerful assertion that not all of us have the same body and as such not all of us will navigate space or find fit the same. For example, Rowena stated: "The constant physical discomfort from having to squish into a space that was too small was difficult and emotionally I suffered. Through our work we found that when given the chance to document their experiences fat students overwhelmingly focus on the ways they do not fit in furniture, chairs, and generally within classroom spaces. One student described the difficulty of needing to fit into a chair with an attached and non-adjustable desk by talking about the lack of back support and how squeezing into the chair cut into their stomach. I was frustrated because…all I wanted to do was attend my class and learn like other students." As a group of scholars and researchers we were interested in such a focus and established the #FatOnCampus research project. In the classic fairy tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears readers are introduced to a little girl who happens upon a cottage in the forest where she boldly invites herself inside to explore.

Classroom Champions: Sampit Elementary Reading interventionist ... (Live 5 News WCSC)

One Lowcountry teacher wants to help her students by using reading tools to build and strengthen their foundation and love of books, but she needs some help ...

One Lowcountry teacher wants to help her students by using reading tools to build and strengthen their foundation and love of books, but she needs some help with resources. She wants to give her students the opportunity to practice words and reading with excitement and ease. (WCSC) - For some early learners, reading can be a hard skill to master.

Survey: 81% of superintendents note increase in bad behavior in the ... (13newsnow.com WVEC)

In a recent survey released by the Education Advisory Board, they say the uptick started after children came back from virtual learning throughout the ...

EGLE Classroom releases spring EnviroSchool webinar lineup (michigan.gov)

The EnviroSchool webinar series is geared toward teachers, interpreters, and nonformal environmental educators who want to enhance their teaching with Michigan- ...

Learn how you can access Michigan data from EGLE’s Maps and Data portal that will bring environmental issues to life for your students, and how your students can collect, visualize, and analyze data of their own! Approximately 1/3 of all food produced globally is wasted every year, leading to food insecurity, greenhouse gas emissions, and wasted use of agricultural lands. Geographic data helps tell a story and create intelligence about the world around us. “EnviroSchool gives educators a chance to learn how the concepts they teach about in their classrooms apply to our local Michigan communities, said Eileen Boekestein, EGLE’s environmental education coordinator. The EnviroSchool webinar series is geared toward teachers, interpreters, and nonformal environmental educators who want to enhance their teaching with Michigan-based resources. The web Browser you are currently using is unsupported, and some features of this site may not work as intended.

All-clear given after smoke reported in Dutchtown Middle classroom (WAFB)

According to Ascension Parish Schools, students and staff are all safe and have returned to class.

(WAFB) - The all-clear has been given after smoke was reported in a classroom at Dutchtown Middle School in Ascension Parish on the morning of Tuesday, Feb. The smoke caused students and staff at Dutchtown Middle School to evacuate. ASCENSION PARISH, La.

Strive AV standardises classroom displays at Bexhill College (AV Magazine)

The project required 52 75” SMART Board MX Series interactive displays to be installed over 10 days to meet a new term deadline, with lease financing ...

“And being able to lease was a real advantage – spreading the cost over five years meant the college could easily handle the investment.” The SMART Board MX Series features touch interaction, SMART Ink desktop software and personalisation. The image clarity was poor and the reliance on lamps meant they had limited lifecycles and constantly needed upkeep.

'Divisive Concepts' in the classroom (Tennessee Tech Oracle)

'Divisive concepts' aim to educate individuals on concepts such as race, sex, white privilege, class systems and other issues which are often classified as ...

Along with the bill, a mandated survey is now required to be sent to students in all public universities. Some of the public, however, wish for these issues to not be brought into the classroom at all. Both professors believe that along with freedom of expression in the classroom to have these conversations, it is also their job, as educators, to give the truth of America’s history to the best of their abilities.

“Don't say gay”: A threat to the embodied classroom | The Pulse (The Progressive Pulse)

North Carolina Don't Say Gay bill; Parents' Bill of Rights; LGBTQ equality; Gov. Ron DeSantis; public education.

The classroom is a site of resistance where teachers and students have regular opportunity to engage loving-kindness as well as mutual respect and understanding, thereby we have to counter the forces whose initiatives aim to use academic institutions to splinter our country. in the midst of a vast ocean.” And though Black and queer folk are un-drowned, the Americans who endeavored to cast us away then are making waves intended to wipe us out now. The revision includes a prohibition of gender identity and sexuality instruction in grades K-4. Additionally, having just come out to myself and my folks five years prior to entering the classroom, coupled with not having had queer-identified role modeling teachers when I was in school, I had not yet grasped the language with which to name and understand myself. I should’ve been open, so that in community with me, they’d find their own safe, brave openings – so they’d have a role model. Inadvertently conditioned, I was complicit in “not saying gay” before the bill was mandated.

New AG Club at school learning in and out of the classroom (wyomingnewsnow.tv)

A local elementary school has embarked on a multi-year adventure. Students are now participating in the raising of chickens, ...

But this is an experience outside of the sit-and-get or or even the traditional pieces.” “We get to feed them. The new chicken coop sits right on school grounds, just outside a classroom. “It was actually kind of a random idea that came up between some teachers. Out of a book study that we had done. Students are now participating in the raising of chickens, from yolk to fine-feathered-friend.

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