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It Was Hard This Year to Keep Politics Out of High School Yearbooks

Posted on Tuesday, May 23rd, 2017 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Dan Goldstein, NY Times
Date: 5/21/2017
Link: Complete Article

A high school yearbook is a keepsake. Like an Instagram filter, it’s meant to bathe recent memories in the warm, soft-focus glow of nostalgia. As an object, it evokes affection and community; you hope to show it to your children and grandchildren someday. A yearbook isn’t supposed to be divisive. So how to commemorate a… [Read More]

The election challenge: A race to the White House with this many turns has teachers scrambling

Posted on Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 by Collaborative for Educational Services

Source: Amanda Drane, the Gazette
Date: 10/18/2016
Link: Complete Article

Social studies teacher Scott Mahar had the perfect election-related lesson plan sketched out for his high school students — a scavenger hunt in which they would match an issue with a candidate. Then the second debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump happened. Instead of giving Mahar and other teachers a chance to engage students… [Read More]