AC&E/Equity & Access Online Journal
June – July 2020 Issue

BUILDING A SOCIAL EMOTIONAL BRIDGE BETWEEN HOME AND SCHOOL The creators of SLUMBERKINS ,Kelly Oriard and  Callie Christensen on their new curriculum for educators and classrooms FREE TRIAL..use 'ETRfree'  as a code for a free unitplan from Slumberkins curriculum FOR MORE ON EQUITY , VISIT ACE-ED.ORG. FOR MORE ON SEL, VISIT SELTODAY.ORG ...
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The experts at Achieve 3000 on embedding social-emotional learning into literacy skills. SEL is and must continue to be everywhere, especially in these trying times. CHECK OUT THE LITERACY SUMMIT ...
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an NAESP show: We'll have a great chat with NAESP Executive Director Earl Franks and NAESP Past president Dr. Kimbrelle Barbosa Lewis on their ongoing work. FOR MORE ON EQUITY , VISIT ACE-ED.ORG FOR MORE ON SEL VISIT SELTODAY.ORG     ...
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ELIMINATING DISPROPORTIONATE  DISCIPLINE REFERRALS  FOR STUDENTS OF COLOR AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES The title pretty much says it all and the guest is Dr. Howie Knoff. Read his article on the subject here ...
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NAGC ON GIFTEDNESS AMONGST UNDER-REPRESENTED GROUPS The impact on  the under-represented  of being unidentified and underserved which is a real challenge in K12....and supporting the emotional needs of the gifted. FOR MORE ON EQUITY , VISIT ACE-ED.ORG. FOR MORE ON SEL, VISIT SELTODAY.ORG ...
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The CASE conference is November 11-13 in Little Rock.... and in a year of changing Special Ed/  SEL priorites and funding needs, we have CASE Executive Director Phyllis Wolfram to explain it all to us. FOR MORE ON EQUITY VISIT ACE-ED.ORG FOR MORE ON SEL VISIT, SELTODAY.ORG ...
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Nissan Bar- Lev, Director of Special Education at a Milwaukee area ESA, CESA on new access to curriculum and information to  students with IEP's. Here is a link to the guide ...
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A VISIT WITH MAINE'S COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION   Thank you , CCSSO. We welcome Ms. Pender Makin running education in my home state of Maine  where the goal is to build a culture of innovation PreK-12.  ENJOY 'EQUITY & ACCESS PREK12' OUR ONLINE JOURNAL AT ACE-ED.ORG. AND VISIT 'SELTODAY.ORG, OUR NEW   SITE   ...
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SCHOOL LIBRARIES IN THE COVID ERA Our good friends at Rosen Publishing bring us  Melissa Jacobs ( no relation to your esteemed host) , Director NYC School Library System and Dr. Chris Harris of the Genesee Valley BOCES in western NY. For more on equity visit ace-ed.org   For more on SEL, ...
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BRINGING EQUITY DIVERSITY & INCLUSION TO YOUNG LEARNERS Thank you Waterford Institute for bringing us Dr. Gayle White Wallace, Director of PreK, Gifted & Talented at Mt Vernon City Schools in NY. For more on equity visit ace-ed.org For more on SEL, visit SELtoday.org ...
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CREATING SUCCESS FOR NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS  IN HIGHER ED  One of our Champions of Equity at ace-ed.org, Melvin Hines  , Founder of Upswing Education is our guest. for more on equity visit ace-ed.org for more on SEL, visit SELtoday.org ...
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Why controlling cheating matters... why it hurts everyone...  with Dr. Ashley Norris of Meazure Learning, parent company of ProctorU ...
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WHAT EDUCATORS NEED TO KNOW  ABOUT UNLEASHING THE POWER OF PLAY, POST /DURING PANDEMIC  Thank you LetGrow.org for bringing us Dr Peter Grey of Boston College who has done new  research . FOR MORE ABOUT EQUITY  PREK12, ACE-ED.ORG FOR MORE ON SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, SELTODAY.ORG ...
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HOW NEW HAMPSHIRE IS CONNECTING STUDENTS TO HIGH QUALITY DIGITAL RESOURCES  ...I'll keep this simple. Learn all about 'iLearn NH' with special guests from the University of New Hampshire ...
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BUILDING MANUFACTURING  INTO STEM EDUCATION  Discovery's Stem Careers Coalition Director Marla Wilson joins us with Karen Price-Ward of Stanley/Black & Decker and Tony Primerano, Total Talent Director at Sanofi Pharmaceuticals FOR MORE ON EQUITY, VISIT ACE-ED.ORG FOR EVEN MORE ON SEL, VISIT SELTODAY.ORG ...
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HOW ESA'S PROVIDE  MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES LIKE E-THERAPY Taking care of mental health challenges nationwide, AESA's Executive Director Dr. Joan Wade with Diana Parafiniuk, founder and CMO of E-Therapy ...
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ONLINE PROGRAMS FOR NEURO-DIVERSE LEARNERS HEADING TO COLLEGE: The College START PROGRAM   The experts from Landmark College are with about this exciting program to aid students in a tough transition in the very best of times, let alone now!! ...
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NEXT GEN SCIENCE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL   Our good friends from TWIG science join us on how they have baked in NGSS, 3-Learning,equity , access and SEL into their middle school science program ...
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HELPING SPECIAL NEEDS YOUNG ADULTS MAKE THE TRANSITION TO COLLEGE  From California  , it's the BIG WAVE Project with Jeff Peck, Founder andCEO, student Matt Cadigan and advisor Catherine St.Marie ...
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EXPERTS SPEAK ON SUPPORTING PRE-K THIS YEAR with Professor Dr. Walter Gilliam  of Yale University Child Study Center and  from Scholastic, their VP and GM of Curriculum  Jessica Wollman CLICK THRU TO  ACE-ED.ORG AND ENJOY "EQUITY & ACCESS PreK12" ONLINE JOURNAL...AND ENJOY OUR NEWEST SITE TOO "SELTODAY.ORG" ...
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SECOND FILING WINDOW NOW OPEN FOR THE EMERGENCY CONNECTIVITY FUND   A most important show with Brian Stephens , Director of Client Services where the experts are at Funds for learning, the very best and smartest E Rate Consulting firm  CLICK THRU TO  ACE-ED.ORG AND ENJOY "EQUITY & ACCESS PreK12" ONLINE JOURNAL...AND ENJOY ...
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BUILDING STUDENT RESILIENCE IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD  Meet CEO Katie Dorn of Empower U who is going to empower you with her SEL insights. CLICK THRU TO  ACE-ED.ORG AND ENJOY "EQUITY & ACCESS PreK12" ONLINE JOURNAL...AND ENJOY OUR NEWEST SITE TOO "SELTODAY.ORG" ...
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CYBERSECURITY MONTH PREVIEWED  A COSN show  on Back to School Cybersecuritywith Amy McLaughlin and Reg Leighty of COSN CLICK THRU TO  ACE-ED.ORG AND ENJOY "EQUITY & ACCESS PreK12" ONLINE JOURNAL...AND ENJOY OUR NEWEST SITE TOO "SELTODAY.ORG" ...
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CIVICS AWARENESS  A great FREE resource for civics education, IZZIT.org is now celebrating its fifteenth anniversary CLICK THRU TO  ACE-ED.ORG AND ENJOY "EQUITY & ACCESS PreK12" ONLINE JOURNAL...AND ENJOY OUR NEWEST SITE TOO "SELTODAY.ORG" ...
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THINKING BIG ABOUT SEL  with Dave Adams of Urban Assembly and Byron Sanders of http://www.bigthought.org. CLICK THRU TO  ACE-ED.ORG AND ENJOY "EQUITY & ACCESS PreK12" ONLINE JOURNAL...AND ENJOY OUR NEWEST SITE TOO "SELTODAY.ORG" ...
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HELPING STUDENTS TO READ INDEPENDENTLY BY 3RD GRADE  A ROSEN CLASSROOM show with Jeff Mao, Vermont Information Technology Association and Erin Lockledge, Rosen's Director of Digital Development  CLICK THRU TO  ACE-ED.ORG AND ENJOY "EQUITY & ACCESS PreK12" ONLINE JOURNAL...AND ENJOY OUR NEWEST SITE TOO "SELTODAY.ORG" ...
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THE CHANGING WORLD OF SCHOOL  COMMUNICATIONS OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS INTERNAL & EXTERNAL An NSPRA show with insights from Executive  Director Barbara Hunter and President Lesley Brunton from Tuscaloosa AL schools. CLICK THRU TO  ACE-ED.ORG AND ENJOY "EQUITY & ACCESS PreK12" ONLINE JOURNAL...AND ENJOY OUR NEWEST SITE TOO "SELTODAY.ORG" ...
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THE NEW WORLD OF INFORMATION LITERACY...Thank you Discovery Ed for introducing us to Glen Warren, our guest, the Director of Literacies, Outreach and Libraries in Encinitas California.  ENJOY 'EQUITY & ACCESS PreK12" online Journal at ace-ed.org...and also visit our new website tying Equity to SEL at http://www.SELtoday.org ...
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FIRST YEAR COLLEGE STUDENTS SPEAK OUT ABOUT LAST YEAR'S DISRUPTIVE LEARNING..Thank you ACT for reaching out to them and the results of your survey are..................  ENJOY 'EQUITY & ACCESS PreK12" online Journal at ace-ed.org...and also visit our new website tying Equity to SEL at http://www.SELtoday.org   ...
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EDUCATION IN A V.U.C.A. WORLD  Achieve 3000 brings us Raymond McNulty,President of Successful Practices Network on teaching  today in a Volatile,Uncertain,Complex and Ambiguous world. ENJOY 'EQUITY & ACCESS PreK12" online Journal at ace-ed.org...and also visit our new website tying Equity to SEL at http://www.SELtoday.org ...
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