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[washingtonpost]

What one small town says about the destruction of Syria. 

[annegoddard]

The children of Syria have lost their lives and homes and schooling and innocence – they have lost the precious and fleeting years we call childhood. Children deserve the right to be children, and we must make this as much a priority as every other consideration during this tragedy.

Anne Goddard, writing about the Syrian refugee crisis in Huffington Post (via annegoddard)

[amnestyusa]

Hate, fear & bigotry only serve to divide us & distract from real solutions.

[portraitsofmiddleeast]

“She’ll become a doctor when she grows up because she wants to help people" #childrenofsyria

[pbstv]

While world leaders debate the politics of the refugee crisis, these children are thinking about leaving their toys, their house and their father. 

Watch Sara and her siblings prepare to say goodbye to home. FRONTLINE’s “Children of Syria” premieres tonight on PBS.  

[from-student-to-teacher]

Education Research Highlights From 2015

A look at the research that made an impact in 2015, from the benefits of well-designed classroom spaces to the neuroscience behind exercise and math ability.

[quotedojo-deactivated20161103]

“Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.”

-Jim Rohn. (via quotedojo)

[uwmspeccoll]

Spotlight: National Library Week

Selections from our copy of Using Your Library. 32 Posters for Classroom and Library. Danville, N.Y.: F. A. Owen Publishing Company, 1965.

Be a Library Champ!!

[uwmspeccoll]

National Library Week 2016

It’s National Library Week and an excellent opportunity to reblog our post on selections from the poster set Using Your Library, 1965, which remains our most popular post to date.

According to the American Library Association there are nearly 120,000 in the United States.  3,793 are academic libraries, over 9,000 are public libraries, and a whopping 98,460 are in public and private schools. 

As a thought exercise, try to imagine your world without any libraries at all. Okay, now you have an even more compelling reason to celebrate!

Be a Library Champ!

[studentsrebuild]

Happy National Library Week!

[think-progress]

Some Immigrant Kids Are Being Barred From Going To School

Undocumented children have the legal right to enroll in school.

[cornelluniversity]

From ideas to prototype, Specdrums founders leverage engineering skills, eLab and Rev resources

[weareteachers]

Here’s a cool, interactive lesson for Earth Day that uses Google Earth and gets your class OUTSIDE!

[studentsrebuild]

"These boys reached their goal of making 500 pinwheels for Syrian refugees - raising $1000 to help ensure refugee kids have access to education. Thanks to the Bezos Family Foundation for offering this great opportunity and to the Wade King Elementary School community for making pinwheels." Thank you, team!

[studentsrebuild]

Meet Aura, a young American student who is participating in the Healing Classrooms Challenge to support her Syrian peers. Peek into her world and then watch our live webcast with Global Nomads Group and International Rescue Committee on April 21, 2016 for a conversation between Syrian and American students. Learn more about how the Healing Classrooms Challenge helps Syrian youth at www.studentsrebuild.org/syria and RSVP for the webcast: https://plus.google.com/events/cv4d0n7slff3nv115c3uhdl80oc

[studentsrebuild]

The Students Rebuild Healing Classrooms Challenge webcast coming Thursday, April 21st will be hosted by VICE correspondent Ahmed Shihab-Eldin. Take a look at some of the work Shihab-Eldin and VICE have recently done on the Syrian refugee migration, and RSVP for the webcast with Global Nomads Group and International Rescue Committee here: https://plus.google.com/b/117923513554881524053/events/cv4d0n7slff3nv115c3uhdl80oc

[studentsrebuild]

It's a bittersweet Friday as we celebrate Sabrina's last day as Students Rebuild's program manager! If you have worked with Students Rebuild since our One Million Bones Challenge, you've most likely interacted with Sabrina in some way. Thank you so much, Sabrina, for your passion and tireless hard work to make Students Rebuild the amazing program it is today. Truly, Students Rebuild would not reach the countless students and educators it does today without you. We will miss you!

(Sadly for us, this is not an April Fool's Day joke. :( )

Thank you thinkpeace workshop for girls for this beautiful photo!

[studentsrebuild]

Meet Abir, a young Syrian student now living safely in Lebanon and participating in the International Rescue Committee’s Healing Classrooms program. Glimpse a day in her life and then watch our live webcast withGlobal Nomads Group on April 21, 2016 for a conversation between Syrian and American students. Learn more about how the Healing Classrooms Challenge helps Syrian youth atwww.studentsrebuild.org/syria and RSVP for the webcast:https://plus.google.com/…/events/cv4d0n7slff3nv115c3uhdl80oc

[studentsrebuild]

Students Rebuild Healing Classrooms Challenge: Webcast Teaser

Young people worldwide are making pinwheels for the Students Rebuild Healing Classrooms Challenge to raise matching funds to help their Syrian peers. During ...

Join us! Young people worldwide are making pinwheels for the Students Rebuild Healing Classrooms Challenge to raise matching funds to help their Syrian peers. During a live webcast with Global Nomads Group on Thursday, April 21, 2016, American students participating in the Challenge will meet Syrian youth in the International Rescue Committee’s Healing Classrooms program.

Learn more about the Challenge at www.studentsrebuild.org/syria and RSVP for the webcast: https://plus.google.com/b/117923513554881524053/events/cv4d0n7slff3nv115c3uhdl80oc