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RISD’s Advanced Program Online Now Enrolling for Summer 2024

Rhode Island School of Design’s (RISD) Advanced Program Online is a college-level certificate for art and design students in grades 10–12 or equivalent. This series of intensive online courses calls on creative young people to apply art and design methods to chart new territories of creation and problem-solving. Why Advanced Program Online? A RISD ExperienceTurn

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Paraprofessional Job Description Templates and Examples

Paraprofessionals are some of the most important members of many school teams. Also known as paraeducators or classroom/teachers’ aides, they fill a variety of roles in the classroom. If you’re getting ready to hire a new paraeducator, you’ll want to make sure your job description truly captures the work involved and necessary requirements. Take a

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13+ Dazzling AP Art Portfolio Examples (Plus Tips for Creating Them)

Creating an Advanced Placement (AP) art portfolio can be a challenging task for high school students. But it’s also an exciting opportunity to show off their talents. It requires creativity, planning, and a thorough understanding of the requirements set by the College Board. AP art students are typically passionate about art and design, but they’re

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21 Best Special Education Teacher Gifts, According to a SpEd Teacher

21 Special Education Teacher Gifts (Ideas from a Sped Teacher) Skip to main content Every product is independently selected by (obsessive) editors. Things you buy through our links may earn us a commission. Special gifts for special teachers. We Are Teachers/Amazon/Etsy By Samantha Cleaver, PhD, Special Education & Reading Intervention Apr 24, 2024 Special education teachers

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Snapshots of Everyday Palestinian Life Before the Nakba

The release of the English translation of the 2016 photo book Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine Before the Nakba, with a new foreword by activist and writer Mohammed El-Kurd, coincides with an era in which more images of Palestinians are circulating than perhaps ever before. Each day, a montage of genocidal horrors documented

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Artists Remember the Transformative Teachings of Toshiko Takaezu

Photographs do not prepare you for an encounter with the work of Toshiko Takaezu. The brushwork is bold and free, and the towering scale mocks the limits of the kiln. Takaezu cracked and cajoled the rules of ceramics, which are tethered to temperature and chemistry. Her work is clay and copper transformed by fire, but

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