The Cellphone Ban is Back

Plus, a better way to teach Black History [View as Webpage]( [National Education Association]( [NEA Today]( [The Ban is Back]( [The Ban is Back]( More schools are moving to limit or ban outright the use of cellphones inside and outside the classroom. What do educators have to say? [Read More ➤]( [How Educators Are Stopping School Closures]( [How Educators Are Stopping School Closures]( Closing schools has been a simplistic and destructive response to the issue of low enrollment—especially when schools are attended mostly by Black or brown students. [Read More ➤]( [Podcast Teaching Black History Meaningfully]( [Podcast: Teaching Black History, Meaningfully]( It’s easy to default to teaching the most-repeated stories of slavery and civil rights marches, Dr. King and Rosa Parks. Kevin Adams, a Colorado social studies teacher shares how we can teach Black history in more unique and purposeful ways. [Listen Now ➤]( ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( [Federal Funding for Community Schools Hits Historic Levels]( [Federal Funding for Community Schools Hits Historic Levels]( Districts in NEA’s Community Schools Institute just became recipients of five-year federal grants. Find out how this funding boost will impact students, families, and communities. [Read More ➤]( [5 Projects to Get Students into Coding]( [5 Projects to Get Students into Coding]( Anyone can learn the basics to be a maker, a creator, and an innovator. Set aside an hour to try one of these fun projects with your class. [Read More ➤]( [Brought to you by Working in Harmony ]( [BROUGHT TO YOU BY WORKING IN HARMONY]( [Go Beyond the Bright Lights of the CMA Awards]( Explore the diverse careers in Country Music and meet the professionals using STEAM skills and collaboration to make Country Music’s Biggest Night™ an epic success in this Virtual Field Trip. [Register Now ➤]( [A Bad Bargain Administrative Bloat and Low Faculty Payitle]( [A Bad Bargain: Administrative Bloat and Low Faculty Pay]( “The interesting thing about the administrative bloat in higher education,” says one expert, “is ... nobody knows who all these people are or what they’re doing.” [Read More ➤]( [fb]( [tw]( [in]( [NEA - National Education Association]( You received this email at {EMAIL} because you are signed up for NEA Today, a digest of education news sent to your inbox every other week. [Click here to unsubscribe.]( © 2023 National Education Association 1201 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20036 [NEA.org]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms of Service]( | [Subscribe]( | [Unsubscribe](