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Kayleen Sidisky is an educational program specialist at Penn State’s Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Education Initiative, which is part of the Hammel Family Human Rights Initiative. Phone number-(814)574-3360             

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We must reinvent the way we teach to win back students

by Kayleen SidiskyMarch 26, 2026March 8, 2026

During my final years in the classroom, I struggled with something many teachers now face: We’ve lost our students. Disengagement is everywhere, and if we keep teaching the same way, we risk losing them for good. We must find a way to bring them back. “There are many students who are lacking motivation,” a Pennsylvania […]

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