‘Backpacks full of boulders’: How one district is addressing the trauma undocumented children bring to school 

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Dear reader,Liz Willen

Cleaning up last week, I came upon a pre-pandemic photo of a holiday party at my children’s elementary school many years ago. It seemed a cruel time capsule of traditions remote learners cannot share: holiday foods from many cultures, dreidel playing, homemade holiday cards and Christmas tree decorations, musical performances in front of a live audience.

When and if classes return to full-on in person learning, we’ll all be a little different. For now, we bring you ways to answer ([link removed]) children’s coronavirus questions. We look at the latest research ([link removed]) on flipped classrooms and efforts to break the cycle of systemic poverty ([link removed]) and low academic achievement, along with some extraordinary ways a district is helping ([link removed]) undocumented children deal with trauma.

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** ‘Backpacks full of boulders’: How one district is addressing the trauma undocumented children bring to school ([link removed])
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The number of children crossing the southern border is on the rise again. Prince George’s County is helping them cope and learn.
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After their kids experienced tech glitches or turned off cameras during online learning, these families were accused of truancy and received legal threats.


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PROOF POINTS: 114 studies on flipped classrooms show small payoff for big effort ([link removed])
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Research also hints at the importance of live video instruction during remote learning.


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As the pandemic trudges on, what to say to our kids ([link removed])
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