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Westchester Summer 2020 Highlights
by Nicole Tomassi, Marketing & Conference Manager Westchester and the publishing industry overall have continued to change how we work on publication projects this year. Being able to successfully pivot and adapt to a different norm is a central theme running through our highlights from the summer of 2020. Read on to learn some of the…
Read MoreIntroducing Carol Wilson
Westchester Education Services is very pleased to welcome Carol Wilson as the Director of Client Solutions. Carol has been a pioneer in educational technology for more than 22 years. She has worked closely with classroom teachers, principals and district administrators, motivated to achieve best practices with technology infusion into teaching and learning with high energy.…
Read MoreSocial-Emotional Learning: Making it Work
by Meg Overman, Senior Editor A recent nationwide focus on social-emotional learning (SEL) in the classroom hit a roadblock with pandemic-related shutdowns—because many students aren’t in the classroom. On the surface, SEL seems almost to rely on in-person learning. Parsing emotions requires nuanced observation, which can be difficult to achieve in the virtual world. But, as…
Read MoreEthical and Business Cases for DEI in Ed Pub and Ed Tech
by Nilofer Ali, Resources Manager I recently took a four-week class with Dr. Sylvia Chan-Malik of Rutgers University titled, “Race and Islam in America,” in which she started off explaining epistemology: how we know what we know. I alluded to this in my last piece, and I’d like to springboard off that concept to discuss…
Read More#DaytonShines
By Kevin J. Gray, President and Chief Content Officer One year ago tomorrow, a gunman killed nine innocent people in Dayton’s Oregon District. These actions hit home—our Dayton office overlooks the street where the tragedy played out. Between the shock of the violence itself and the chaos as the national media and politicians camped out…
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