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This week, Sarah shares an article talks about the challenges of servicing immigrant families, English language learners, and special education students remotely. The hosts discuss how the digital divide and inequities have significantly impacted low-income families and disadvantaged groups. The panel also shares their thoughts on ways to close this divide. Tune in!

Articles:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/09/23/novel-proposal-help-millions-kids-struggling-with-online-school/

Hosts: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair); Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye); Mike Hernandez (@edtechmichael)
Producer: Ross Ulysse

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This week, Sarah shares an article from EdWeek that talks about the challenges schools are facing to resume music instruction in the physical classroom. Ryan shares a few articles that talk about concerns when requiring students to turn on their cameras during virtual learning.

Articles:
https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/08/24/will-coronavirus-silence-school-bands-and-choirs.html
https://www.mlive.com/news/2020/09/reasons-online-students-should-be-able-to-keep-webcam-off.html
https://www.edutopia.org/article/engaging-students-virtual-instruction-camera

Hosts: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair); Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye)
Producer: Ross Ulysse

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This week, Sarah shares a article that talks about the future of education post COVID-19 and how education can emerge stronger than ever before. Ryan shares an article that talks about school protocols to effectively manage student discipline once schools reopen. Tune in!

Articles:
https://www.brookings.edu/research/beyond-reopening-schools-how-education-can-emerge-stronger-than-before-covid-19/
https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/56393/why-student-voice-is-critical-for-managing-discipline-when-schools-reopen

Hosts: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair); Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye)
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This week, we continue our series of interviews with Ed Tech innovators from the Future of Education Technology conference in Miami Beach, Florida. Our guest on the program this week is Danielle Sullivan, National Director, Content and Implementation at Curriculum Associates. Danielle talks about the implementation of digital content versus the value of note taking to retain information. Danielle also talks about Curriculum Associates and the benefits of integrating both new and old school learning modalities into the classroom. Tune in!

You can find out more about our guests’ work by visiting https://www.curriculumassociates.com/

Hosts: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair); Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye)

Producer: Ross Ulysse

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This week, Sarah shares a few articles that provides suggestions on how best to engage early learners during remote instruction. Ryan shares an article from Edutopia that talks about a background knowledge approach when teaching students reading comprehension, activating their prior knowledge to build schema.

Articles:

https://www.educationdive.com/news/how-to-engage-youngest-learners-in-remote-learning/583995/

https://www.edutopia.org/article/making-learning-home-work-preschool-students

https://www.edutopia.org/article/it-time-drop-finding-main-idea-and-teach-reading-new-way

Hosts: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair); Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye); Michael Hernandez
Producer: Ross Ulysse

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This week, Sarah shares an article that talks about positive student teacher relationship building during distance learning and its effects on students’ academic outcomes. Ryan shares an article that talks about how school yearbooks should document the pandemic and preserve this unique moment in time. Tune in!

Articles:

https://www.albert.io/blog/building-relationships-teaching-remotely/

https://www.weareteachers.com/document-covid-19-yearbook/?utm_content=1597344860&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Hosts: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair); Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye); Michael Hernandez
Producer: Ross Ulysse

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This week, Sarah shares an article that talks about a educational program in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in which allows youth to take advantage of a experiential learning opportunity to make observations about the natural world. Ryan shares an article that talks about a tutoring program in the United Kingdom designed to help students make up for COVID-related learning loss. Tune in!

Articles:

https://triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-allegheny/nature-education-serves-as-inspiration-for-penn-hills-woman/
https://www.pittsburghparks.org/young-naturalists
https://www.chalkbeat.org/2020/8/10/21362664/england-national-tutoring-program-us-americorps-congress

Hosts: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair); Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye)
Producer: Ross Ulysse

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This week, Sarah shares an NPR article that talks about the safeness of reopening schools by providing a safety procedure checklist that complies with the CDC guidelines. Ryan shares an article from Edutopia that talks about teaching history within STEM learning and how this helps students gain an appreciation for the broader impact that science has on society.

Hosts: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair); Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye)
Producer: Ross Ulysse

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This week, Sarah shares an article that talks about Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School in New York how and how they are reimaging what classrooms will look like when facilitating an Equity by Design approach to meet the needs of student’s individually. Ryan shares a series of articles from EdWeek that talks about understanding the role of memorization beyond learning and presents the pros and cons of fact memorization.

Articles:

https://www.the74million.org/article/social-distancing-for-the-most-vulnerable-students-a-teacher-who-needs-to-self-quarantine-online-back-to-school-toolkit-can-help/

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2020/07/the_roles_of_memorization_in_teaching_learning.html

Hosts: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair); Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye)
Producer: Ross Ulysse

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This week, Sarah shares an article that talks about the power of play in creating a fertile environment to strengthen the levels of creativity in students. Ryan talks about an initiative from the Los Angeles Unified School District which provides free enrichment summer courses by featuring unique titles to pique the interest of children bringing online summer learning to LAUSD’s student population.

Articles:

https://ideas.ted.com/10-tips-for-cultivating-creativity-in-your-kids/
https://www.the74million.org/article/how-los-angeless-virtual-summer-of-learning-hopes-to-help-students-avoid-covid-slide-with-a-little-help-from-nasa-titanic-and-despicabl/

Hosts: Ryan Kairalla (@ryankair); Sarah Boulos Fye (@readwithfye)
Producer: Ross Ulysse