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The New DocsTeach App for iPad!

This week our Education colleagues at the National Archives announced the DocsTeach App for iPad, extending the dynamic learning opportunities available from the DocsTeach.org website to iPad users.  (This marks the second mobile app from the National Archives, joining our Today’s Document app.)

Using the app, you can choose a topic, such as “Civics & Government” or “Postwar U.S. 1945 – early 1970s,” and challenge yourself with a DocsTeach activity to interact with stories, events, and ideas of the past. All activities are based on primary source documents from the holdings of the National Archives, such as the U.S. Constitution, the canceled check for the purchase of Alaska, and Thomas Edison’s patent drawing for the light bulb. The activities were created by the National Archives education team and an army of DocsTeach users.

via NARAtions » The New DocsTeach App for iPad!

LOVE it! Now I just need an iPad to teach with…

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blackgirlphresh:

Uncompromising Photos Expose Juvenile Detention in America

On any given night in the U.S., there are approximately 60,500 youth confined in juvenile correctional facilities or other residential programs. Photographer Richard Ross has spent the past five years criss-crossing the country photographing the architecture, cells, classrooms and inhabitants of these detention sites.The resulting photo-survey, Juvenile-In-Justice, documents 350 facilities in over 30 states. It’s more than a peek into unseen worlds — it is a call to action and care.

The U.S. locks up children at more than six times the rate of all other developed nations. The over 60,000 average daily juvenile lockups, a figure estimated by the Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF), are also disproportionately young people of color. With an average cost of $80,000 per year to lock up a child, the U.S. spends more than $5 billion annually on youth detention. On top of the cost, in its recent report No Place for Kids, the AECF presents evidence to show that youth incarceration does not reduce recidivism rates, does not benefit public safety and exposes those imprisoned to further abuse and violence. 

This is a photo I won’t soon forget. Putting money into schools is always cheaper.

(Source: sunrec, via ilovecharts)

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South Bound: For Eve

travisstarkey:

On this somber anniversary, I’m inclined to share the most powerful and relevant words that came out in the wake of her murder. Because Eve gave so much of herself, so many had so much to say; but her dad’s words have stuck with me most in the years since.

At Eve’s funeral nearly four years…

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#edchat So excited to receive the official invitation to tweet the arrival ceremony of Prime Minister David Cameron from the White House lawn. My students are going to follow the live stream of tweets. I can’t wait to share this experience with them! Follow the fun: @emilybjolley

#edchat So excited to receive the official invitation to tweet the arrival ceremony of Prime Minister David Cameron from the White House lawn. My students are going to follow the live stream of tweets. I can’t wait to share this experience with them! Follow the fun: @emilybjolley

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#edchat I can’t wait to blog about this White House Tweetup experience. I’ll be on the South Lawn when Prime Minister David Cameron arrives.

#edchat I can’t wait to blog about this White House Tweetup experience. I’ll be on the South Lawn when Prime Minister David Cameron arrives.