Elizabeth Laird

Jan 15, 2025 | cdt.org | Elizabeth Laird

With immigration enforcement likely to intensify this year, it is critical that school administrators comply with existing privacy and civil rights laws with respect to the data they collect and the technology that they use. CDT research suggests that some schools are currently using data and technology to play a role in immigration enforcement. For example, 17 percent of teachers report that their school has shared student information with immigration enforcement in the past school year.

May 7, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Elizabeth Laird |David Namisato

An atmospheric tale told in sparkling prose of a close-knit family caught up in a changing world. The latest from acclaimed author Laird follows a girl’s coming of age in postwar England. After firmly placing the story in the 1950s by describing 13-year-old Charity’s serious bout with polio, the author sets the stage for further change as the Brown family is shocked to inherit a grand home from a fellow member of their strict Christian sect, the Lucasites.

Mar 27, 2024 | cdt.org | Elizabeth Laird

Educators are having a very different experience with generative artificial intelligence (AI) since the 2022-23 school year came to a close. K-12 schools have now had the opportunity to take a breath and regroup to determine how to get a grip on the explosion of generative AI in the classroom – after the education sector was caught off guard when ChatGPT burst abruptly onto the scene during the last school year.

Jan 26, 2024 | haymarketbooks.org | Elizabeth Laird

A Little Piece Of Ground will help young readers understand more about one of the worst conflicts afflicting our world today. Written by Elizabeth Laird, one of Great Britain’s best-known young adult authors, explores the human cost of the occupation of Palestinian lands through the eyes of a young boy. Twelve-year-old Karim Aboudi and his family are trapped in their Ramallah home by a strict curfew.

Aug 5, 2023 | spiritualityandpractice.com | Elizabeth Laird

English writer Joan Aiken could have been describing when she wrote that "from the beginning of the human race stories have been used ...