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Holiday Inclusivity for the Classroom

Holiday Inclusivity for the Classroom

The holiday season is fast approaching. With Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Hanukkah just around the corner, it’s best to be mindful of students who don’t celebrate certain holidays, but still include them in classroom fun. Here are a couple things teachers can do to provide holiday inclusivity. Continue reading

DSC Fact: Products Plus

DSC Fact: Products Plus

Douglas Stewart’s provides its K-12 resellers with our Products Plus Publication that outlines specific products and solutions, with relevant industry news and timely content targeting education customers and end-users. Reseller can add their contact info and forward on to their educational-institution contacts as a targeted sales and marketing piece to aid their next sale. Continue reading

DSC Fall Webinar Series Sneak Peek

DSC Fall Webinar Series Sneak Peek

Join Douglas Stewart Company for our fall webinar series, EdTech Leaders Insights: How to Engage Students. Get tips and tricks from top education experts to learn about products and lesson plans to engage and innovate student learning. Check out these EdTech Leaders appearing in our fall series, and sign-up today for exclusive content. Continue reading

Influential Hispanic Educators

Influential Hispanic Educators

Dr. Helen Rodriguez-Trías Helen Rodríguez Trías was an American pediatrician, educator and women’s rights activist. She was the first Latina president of the American Public Health Association, a founding member of the Women’s Caucus of the APHA, and a recipient of the Presidential Citizens Medal. Read more about Rodriguez-Trías here: https://www.nps.gov/people/dr-helen-rodr%C3%ADguez-tr%C3%ADas.htm Elsa Salazar Cade Elsa … Continue reading

Hispanic Authors to Check Out

Hispanic Authors to Check Out

Gabriel Márquez Gabriel Márquez was a Colombian novelist and one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982 for One Hundred Years of Solitude. In both his shorter and longer fictions, García Márquez achieved the rare feat of being accessible to the common reader while satisfying … Continue reading

How to Minimize Teacher Burnout

How to Minimize Teacher Burnout

More and more teachers are experiencing fatigue, mental exhaustion, and even apathy for their work. That’s why it’s more important than ever to develop healthy habits — inside and outside the classroom. There’s no definitive answer to avoid burnout, only how to minimize its effects. Here are just a few ways to minimize burnout throughout the school year. Continue reading

Pre-made Lesson Plans to Help Teachers

Pre-made Lesson Plans to Help Teachers

Back-to-school seasons means lesson planning and prep. Creating lesson plans for weeks after weeks of school can be hard and stressful, mainly if you need to adapt lesson plans to how your students learn. Douglas Stewart understands how stressful and time-consuming lesson planning can be. That’s why we partner with educational companies that have lesson plans created for teachers by teachers with their products to engage and teach students STEAM solutions. Here are just a few of our EdTech leaders with lesson plans available for free. Continue reading

Back-to-School Tips for Teachers

Back-to-School Tips for Teachers

The 2024-2025 school year is fast approaching, and teachers are already starting to get their classes ready. To help with the stress and overwhelming feeling of the start of the school year, here are some tips for teachers to prioritize to be efficient, organized, and ready. Continue reading