Listening is a skill your students will be called on to use throughout their lives.

Source: www.edudemic.com

I personally know a few teenagers who might benefit from this program!

Jasmine Dyoco from EducatorLabs provides us with 9 great online links for STEM teaching—a list worth exploring!

Source: globaldigitalcitizen.org

I think the STEM programs are great, but I agree with the approach mentioned by my friend Joe Trimboli, who suggested a model that includes a Humanities component to STEM.

The fight against human trafficking is front and center in Louisiana and on Capitol Hill, and now there is a movement that aims to protect victims.

Source: www.wdsu.com

More troubling news on human trafficking–throughout our own country!

At a U.N. agency in Geneva, Justice Department officials discussed issues including the use of torture, and the recent police-involved deaths of black men.

Source: www.nytimes.com

I wish a sincere, open-minded dialogue could take place in America without the current polorization that prevents any meaningful dialogue on this issue. It is more than a tad embarrassing when America’s human/civil rights actions/inactions are being discussed at the United Nations (UN) level.

Japanese people, even some minority groups, tend to believe that Japanese society is homogeneous and racism doesn’t exist in the country. But a Japanese American has drawn praise — and ire — by exposing that belief as a myth.

Source: www.pri.org

Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure says racist abuse “breaks” players and wants tougher sanctions brought in.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Figures from the Priory Group, the country’s largest organisation for mental health hospitals and clinics, show admissions for anxiety in teenagers has risen by 50 per cent in only four years.

Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

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The I-Team uncovered never-released evidence – emails, school reports, a sexually explicit social media account and more – that shows bullying was a factor in Emilie Olsen’s suicide.

Source: www.wcpo.com

Another senselessl suicide because efforts were not made to protect someone “different” from the majority of the bullied student’s classmates.

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Source: www.youtube.com

See on Scoop.it – Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Travel to Kazakhstan ON THE WINGS OF SEVEN WINDS Like a steppe eagle, eternal guard of the great steppe and ally of wind, you can embrace the entire unimagin…

Source: www.youtube.com

I love these videos of Kazakhstan and am very anxious to take Milena there for a long holiday.

See on Scoop.it – Central Asia