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Friday Open Thread
Last Friday of summer vacation - I feel for all the kids. But please remember the kids and their schools in Houston and surrounding cities whose school year may not start and, of course, will follow a lot of trauma. Please donate if you can.Apps stories
From KING-5, an app called Yellow that is like Tinder for tweens/teens. Not good.
“Make amazing new friends on Yellow for Snapchat, Kik, Houseparty and Musically!” the app description says.From the New York Times, a story about apps for teen drivers.
The target demographic is 13 to 17 year-olds. But guess what? Age isn’t actually verified. I created an account, and I’m well over 30.
Interesting article from the Seattle Times about the top languages spoken by ELL students in Washington - Spanish is no surprise at number one but Russian at number two? (They are followed by Vietnamese and Somali.)
I read Superintendent Nyland's welcome to families letter for this school year. It's fine but I was disappointed to see nothing about the district's commitment to racial justice given the events of Charlottesville. Just as poverty does not stop at the schoolhouse door, neither does history. Our country - and all its citizens - is being challenged to look in the mirror and self-examine. I suspect that many high school teachers will see this in their classrooms as students start asking hard questions. The district should be prepared for this kind of teaching and learning.
Also of concern, it is expected that Trump may announced his decision on DACA today. Meanwhile, leaders at Microsoft, Amazon and Starbucks state their support for the program.
Speaking of trying to be the inclusive country that we can be, SPS Communications put out this story about mural painting at the World School.
About 100 students from World School, a transitional learning school for immigrant and refugee children, volunteered part of their summer break to give back to a community that has given them so much. They painted a mural along a concrete wall along the school's playground badly marred by graffiti.What's on your mind?
The mural is part of a joint Summer Science Academy (SSA) program with Seattle Parks and Recreation designed to strengthen students’ academic and language skills. However, while SSA concentrates on skills learned in a classroom, it also incorporates environmental, hands-on, education to allow students to explore education in new ways. The mural is the result of math, biology, language arts, and art and beauty of the natural world.
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