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Tag: Education

Inspiration—An Interview with the Creator of “How to Look Cool Online”

Last month, we wrapped up our first fully virtual online workshop, “How to Look Cool Online!” The workshop, imagined by EchoX DIGITIZE Youth Council member Jacob Arnez, was created for middle & high school students to learn HTML basics and become more comfortable expressing themselves online.
From top left, clockwise: Community members attend an informational session with Howard alumni at Black Voices’ HBCU event last year. (Curtis Campbell) Kellogg Middle School Assistant Principal Melyssa Stone. (Dorothy Edwards/Crosscut) Students attend a performance of Derrick Barnes’ book ‘Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut,’ put on by Book-It Repertory Theatre. (Curtis Campbell) Shoreline School District Director of Equity and Family Engagement Tanisha Brandon-Felder. (Dorothy Edwards/Crosscut)

WA Schools Catching up on Black History and Ethnic Studies

From Crosscut (by Meg Butterworth) – Educators around Washington state are reshaping K-12 curriculum to be more inclusive or ethnic studies and Black history and pushing for the coursework to become requirements for statewide public education.

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