Responsible and level-headed Americans must develop “digital literacy skills” to sort through the flood of “biased or false misinformation” in today’s information age.
The blend of digital technology and traditional merit badges, such as those earned by Boy and Girl Scouts, would provide an opportunity to both motivate and measure learning, according to new research by University at Buffalo education professor Sam Abramovich.
According to a recent University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education-led study, higher education practitioners should develop scholarships and peer-mentoring groups to advocate and alleviate burdens for first-generation Latinx undocumented and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (undocu/DACAmented) students.
Does 2023 bring any changes surrounding Black history and how it’s being discussed and taught in schools? Not according to LaGarrett King, associate professor.
Month’s original intent was to ensure that K-12 students understood Black people's rich history, which had been ignored or poorly conceived in schools, says UB’s LaGarrett King.
The Associated Press quoted Amanda Nickerson in a report on the fallout of a shooting at Richneck Elementary School in which a first-grade teacher was shot by a 6-year-old student.
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