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Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack Teacher Shines In Canva Commercial
There's a familiar Hackensack face in a brand-new Canva commercial. That's Nellie K. Parker teacher Toney Jackson, who even wrote his own line for the graphic design company's ad. "They asked what big message I’d want to get across to my students if I only had one sentence," the fourth-grade teacher tells Daily Voice. His answer? "Put in your best effort and go for the A, but remember I want you to focus on growth over grades," Jackson says to a room full of students in the Canva commercial. Toney Jackson shines in Canva's new commercial. Canva Jackson jumped at the opportunity to b…
Elizabeth, NJ
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NYC Educator's Company Paves Way For Future Of Learning
One student is learning computer coding, another is taking Yoga. One is studying Spanish and another is mastering how to read a clock. From learning the ABCs to studying for the LSAT, all are doing so online with tutors stationed around the world through Virtuo Tutors. The company was launched last year by Lauren Rosenblum, a learning specialist at a New York City private school, who saw a need for improvement in the education sector at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I love working with kids, especially through one-on-one intervention, which allows you to get to know them, be their…
White Plains, NY
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'Meaningful' Matters In Distance Learning, Instructional Videos Not New In Education
Do you wake up feeling like your children are in a Petri dish and can't wait for the hindsight to know how well it's working? White Plains Middle School- Highlands Principal Ernest Spatafore takes a glass-half-full approach looking back over the past two months. The biggest challenge, he said in an email, is finding out "the appropriate balance between providing engaging, worthwhile instructional activities, and being sensitive to the physical and emotional toll of the current COVID-19 crisis." Spatafore applauds WPMS teachers for their hard work and especially for their ability to provide …
Ridgewood, NJ
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Reading, Writhing And 'Rithmetic: Ridgewood Mom Says Kids See Porn, Violence On School Laptops
Ridgewood school officials were investigating a parent’s complaint that she found her 9-year-old son and one of his classmates viewing porn on the school-issued laptops. Candace Young told village school trustees during the public comment portion of Monday evening's Board of Education meeting that her son and a classmate "were able to search and watch a sexual bloody murder video" on their school-issued Chromebooks via the school's WiFi network. When questions of access arose in the past, "we were reassured this type of thing would not happen," said Young, who works in Internet te…
