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FERPA Resource

FERPA Resource

FERPA (Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act) is a federal law that all educators must follow. Many teachers are familiar with the general guidelines when posting material within a building. FERPA must be followed in online situations as well. As we move to more...

Too Smart?

Too Smart?

Hypothesis will link to the digital footprint of a document, not the title. Find out why this is important. [Read time: ~2 minutes]

Agile Minds

Agile Minds

We are aware that Agile Minds is currently experiencing some issues with the recent Chrome update. They are working on the issue. Chromebook users should expand the viewer's header and choose a page within the header rather than in the navigation bar. If taking a...

Newslea

Newsela has been reaching out to me. Newsela is a service that provides leveled readings. A few years ago, they were all the rage. They provided free, leveled readings for students (they still do, but more about that in a minute). Like many free services, Newsela has...

DEC

DEC

We've been transitioning to a new experience in DEC. As such, we are moving some of the links around. If you visit the Staff Resources page of the Dearborn Public Schools web site, the DEC link will now go to the new an improved version of DEC. Since we haven't yet...