Teaching from the Headlines: Educators Turning Breaking News into Teachable Moments

This week's headline from the NYT: Chromebook Remorse: Tech Backlash at Schools Extends Beyond Phones

Have schools become too reliant on Chromebooks? Is the pendulum about to swing too far away from technology as a result? Let us know what you think! Click here to send us your thoughts.

This week's headline comes from the Associated Press: "New Mexico jury says Meta harms children’s mental health and safety, violating state law."

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This week's headline from the New York Times: "13 fun, beginner-friendly strategies for filling out your March Madness bracket"

March Madness is a great way to bring some brackets activities into your classroom, regardless of the subject. JLI Head of Instructional Design Susan Szafranski pulls out all the stops, dumping buckets of ideas of how to incorporate this fun activity into your instruction time.

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This week's headline from NPR: Teens are sleeping less than ever and screens aren't primarily to blame

While it may not be surprising to hear that today's teens are getting even less sleep than previous generations, you may not have suspected that phones don't appear to be the primary cause.

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This week's headline from Pew Research: "Americans’ Complicated Relationship With News"

This week's headline from CNN: "Landlines are ringing in homes again. Why parents are happy about that"

This week, we dive into the growing return to a communication medium of the past: the landline.

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This week's headline from NBC News: "Stephen Colbert says CBS didn't air interview out of fear of FCC"

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Here are the headlines from this episode:

- Associated Press: Breaking down the symbolism in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show

- NBC Bay: Bad Bunny delivers promised ‘party' in energetic halftime show

- Associated Press: ‘God bless América’: Why Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show resonated far beyond the US

- People: GOP Congressmen Demand Investigation of Bad Bunny's 'Indecent' Super Bowl Halftime Show: 'Pure Smut'

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This week's headline from NBC News: "Washington Post lays off one-third of its newsroom"

What's the future of journalism going to look like in this ever-shifting media landscape? As the way news is distributed and consumed continues to evolve, how are journalists evolving too?

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This week's headline from NPR: "To keep AI out of her classroom, this high school English teacher went analog"

Analog is making a resurgence in education. This week, we look at what one Texas teacher is doing to restore her students' confidence in their writing.

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