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Mapping Their Futures: Kids Foster School-Community Connections
Students at the Y-PLAN project create bonds through grassroots city planning.
https://www.edutopia.org/y-plan-urban-city-planning
The Collaborative Classroom: An Interview with Linda Darling-Hammond
The Stanford University education professor says social and emotional learning is a crucial part of teaching the whole child.
https://www.edutopia.org/darling-hammond-video
Opportunities and Resources
The George Lucas Educational Foundation Grant
Information List
American Planning Association Youth and Teachers
Page (resources for teaching kids about urban planning)
NASA's Mars Exploration Program Rock Around the World (collect and mail rocks to NASA for analysis)
Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy (deadline October 31; learn more about mathematics and science)
Veterans of Foreign Wars National Citizenship Education Teachers' Award (nominations deadline November 1; $2,000)
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Technology in Education. magazine,
https://www.edutopia.org/