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ACE Assembly

This Earth Day, Invest in Teachers

Rebecca Anderson, Senior Head of Education and Research

This year, Action for the Climate Emergency (ACE), celebrates our 15th Earth Day since our founding in 2008. I’ve been …

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Teaching during the COVID pandemic

Teachers, We Hear You: Teaching During the COVID Pandemic

Rebecca Anderson, Senior Head of Education and Research

2020 has been a year. No one knows that more than teachers. We are asking the impossible of teachers: teach virtually with minimal new resources or support. Or teach both virtual students and in-person students at once. Or teach them in the classroom, but don’t get too close. And don’t let them do group work or collaborate. It takes at least twice as much effort and my best guess is that the student outcomes will be about half as good.

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