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With Halloween right around the corner, students around the country are busy planning their perfect, funny, scary, or one-of-a-kind costumes. When choosing a Halloween costume, students sometimes get caught up in the excitement and forget to consider what certain costumes might suggest to others from different cultures or life experiences. Check out our tips below and share them with your students as we pick out our costumes this Halloween season! 

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In today’s world, screens make it easier than ever to type something without thinking about how it makes others feel. In fact, 60% of students nationwide report seeing cyberbullying. October marks National Bullying Prevention Month, and students, educators, and families across the country are reflecting on how we all play a role when it comes to protecting one another from bullying, both online and offline.

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By providing personalized feedback to students and guiding them toward answers, Class Companion has become a game-changer for both learning and teaching. Check out this Platform Playbook that has everything you need to know to help your students navigate this app in healthy, high-character ways.

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Equipping students with the tools to navigate generative A.I.deepfakes this election season is key to helping them make informed choices and stopping the spread of misinformation. As many high school seniors become first-time voters and younger students build opinions and make decisions related to policy, educators can help make sure their choices are built upon reliable and accurate facts.

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As some states and schools begin to limit cell phone use in the classroom, schools around the country are partnering with The Social Institute to proactively equip their students with modern life skills because while removing cell phones can increase attention during class, it doesn’t remove the underlying challenges related to technology use. Social media continues to disrupt learning, A.I. continues to raise questions, and device use continues to monopolize the time students have. We’ve seen that even without cell phones in the classroom, schools recognize that their students need help navigating their learning & well-being in positive ways so they can make healthy choices in our tech-fueled world. 

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