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Indigenous Wisdom: Supporting Students' Collective Healing During the California Wildfires

ID: Four people rowing in a canoe on a body of water in the right half of the image. The background depicts an orange sunset and mountains. As California grapples with devastating wildfires affecting ...

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Jan 23, 2025

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Art of Living Collective, Andrea Patterson

Youth in our Communities on MLK Day

ID: A black and white photo of a group of black people holding signs, walking by buses and a fence wearing 1960s style clothing. While celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Day I think of all of th...

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Jan 20, 2025

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THENCE Team staff writers

Addressing AI's deep tech problems whilst playing in the EdTech space

ID: A figure of a man walking to the left in front of a background blending orange and purple with a black flame on the far right. In 2024 THENCE forged a partnership withAIcompany, TinkerTell. The co...

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Jan 10, 2025

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Helina Seyoum

"I would have loved to meet other deaf and hard-of-hearing children, but I was isolated"

ID: A Black woman and child lay in opposite facing positions while the woman gazes at the child. THENCE writer and editor Helina Seyoum is alsothe mother of a Deaf child. She describes thismeeting and...

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Dec 15, 2024

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Katherine M. Schlatter

THENCE partners with AI company TinkerTell to support language development and literacy

ID: Two White women sitting in front of a green and blue leaf print wall in grey chairs. The woman on the left is wearing a teal V-neck sweater and the woman on the right is wearing a white sweater wi...

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Dec 13, 2024

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Ashley Causey-Golden

Nurturing Children's Inner Light Through Winter's Darkness

ID: A black woman wearing a light blue button down shirt and a brown and blue patterned skirt pushes a Black child on a swing in an outdoor fenced in space. As the outside grows quieter and darkness s...

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Dec 3, 2024

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Katherine M. Schlatter

Let’s discuss AI use in Education

ID: A zoomed in blue graphic dice in front of a black background. We are kicking off a Dialogue between parents, teachers, administrators, child development experts and the developers of so-called edu...

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Nov 27, 2024

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Art of Living Collective, Andrea Patterson

Reflecting on Cranberry Day and core values of giving thanks

ID: Zoomed in red and dark red cranberries overlapping each other or in a pile. As a (working) mother of three I am not a big fan of most holidays. I know that makes me sound like a terrible person, b...

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Nov 27, 2024

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Zeinab Mzungu

Let's Talk about Dyslexia with African Educators

ID: The backs of Black children in aschoolhouse wearing a uniform of yellow tops and green bottoms. Several students are raising their hands to get the attention of their teacher. Zeinab Mzungu I am a...

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Oct 18, 2024

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What to read and share with your classroom this Indigenous People's Day 2024

Photo credit: CC BY-SA 2.0 File:Day 286- Indigenous Peoples Day (8084917906).jpg Created: 13 October 2012 Uploaded: 10 October 2017 ID: Four people without their heads visible are walking to the left ...

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Oct 17, 2024

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Ashley Causey-Golden

Cultivating Connections Between Children and the Land

ID: An up close photo of a Blackteacher and students ina classroom setting. Many teachers may not have had this special honor day on their radar but as the crisp October air settled over the fields an...

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Oct 12, 2024

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Ashley Causey-Golden

Roots and Wings

ID: An extended arm wearing a black sweater is hanging up a circular world map in front of a beige background. As ed uc ators and administrators, we often find our plates overflowing with "to-do' list...

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Sep 30, 2024

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