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Teachers Can Deduct Covid-19 Related Expenses on Their Taxes This Year. What to Know
Educators can deduct up to $250 each in eligible expenses on their taxes. In 2021, that includes any money spent on Covid-19 masks, soap and more.
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Olympic BMX Champion Reveals the Life Lessons She Learned From Her Part-Time Job
After her funding was cut, British Olympic BMX champion Beth Shriever became a teaching assistant, an experience she says taught her important life lessons.
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Group Creates 9/11 Teaching Curriculum So Young People Never Forget
Over the next 20 years, the goal is to get the materials in every school. He said it is the best way to make sure those too young to remember never forget.
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Teaching the History of 9/11 in Mass.
For years, a Massachusetts nonprofit has been teaching high school students about 9/11, whose 20th anniversary is this weekend, in partnership with a man who lost a brother in the attacks.
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With New Investments, Vermont Tech Startup Aims to Improve Virtual Classrooms
A Vermont college professor thought her online teaching tools fell short, so she built her own. And now, with investors’ backing, her tech startup hopes to keep growing well beyond its New England roots.
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Really Remote Learning: Mass. Teacher Holds Class From His Very Own School Bus
Science teacher John King and his wife have traveled across Massachusetts in their school bus to bring real-world science lessons to his students stuck at home in Lowell.
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Lowell Teacher Gets Creative With Mobile Classroom
A Massachusetts science teacher turned a bus into a classroom so he can take his class on field trips — sort of.
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A Teacher and Tutor of 8 Years Shares His 6-Step Secret to Keeping Kids Engaged While Learning at Home
Teaching isn’t easy, and different kids learn best in different ways. Here’s how to keep your kids busy, excited and engaged while learning at home during the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Budget Breakdown of a Teacher Earning $58,000 a Year Who Paid Off Her Student Loans and Bought a House in Dallas
Lani Huang, 25, has achieved some major milestones in a few short years: She paid off her student loans, moved to a new state and bought her first house.
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Some Teachers Head to Virtual Summer School to Learn How to Teach Remotely
Remote classes are continuing this summer, including classes for educators who are working hard through their summer break to try to get a better handle on virtual teaching. “Everybody is trying so hard to be prepared going into the fall, and to give students the best education possible, whether it’s remote, whether it’s in the classroom, or whether it’s...
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Learning How to Teach Virtually
Remote classes are continuing this summer – but these classes are for educators, working hard through their summer break, to try to get a better handle on virtual teaching
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‘It's Really Hard': Week 1 of Balancing Kids and Work at Home Is in the Books
Parents have had their hands full this week as they navigated the new coronavirus outbreak with kids home from school. Several who we spoke Friday to while taking their kids out to Boston parks for a brief respite from homeschooling and social distancing in the house said they’re happy to do it if it means staying healthy. Still, the...
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How Parents, Teachers Keep Kids Learning During Coronavirus
Many parents wrapped up a week with their children at home on Friday, and many had to get creative.