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The Pivotal Role Movement Plays in Learning

A Principal's Reflections

2012; Erwin, Fedewa, & Ahn, 2013; Browning et al., The bottom line is not only is physical education an absolute must in the K-12 curriculum, but schools need to do more to ensure that movement is being integrated into all classes. Science and research compel all educators to integrate more movement into the school day.

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America’s kids are still behind in reading and math. These schools are defying the trend

The Hechinger Report

In-class tutors and data chats at her middle school in Compton, California, have made a dramatic difference, the 11-year-old said. Davis Middle School in Compton, Calif., Davis Middle School in Compton, Calif., Davis Middle School in Compton, Calif., Thursday, Feb. Thursday, Feb.

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The Role of Open Educational Resources (OER) in Making Education Available to All

A Principal's Reflections

The following is a guest post by Juliana Meehan - Teacher of English at Tenafly Middle School and candidate for New Jersey principal’s certification through NJ EXCEL, currently interning with Principal Eric Sheninger at New Milford High School. She is also co-creator of IOCS project.

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PROOF POINTS: Could more time in school help students after the pandemic?

The Hechinger Report

A 2012 review of studies on learning time found that the extra time often didn’t produce academic benefits for students and when it did, the benefits were small. That’s worked well in Chicago high schools but not in Miami middle schools. Lengthening the school day or year isn’t a new idea. Credit: Getty Images.

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PROOF POINTS: Tracing Black-white achievement gaps since the Brown decision

The Hechinger Report

This chart shows that young Black students progressed in reading for four decades, from 1971 to 2012, when the scores of Black children peaked. As students moved from elementary to middle school, the improvement in reading for Black students was dramatic in the 1970s and 1980s.

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How one district has diversified its advanced math classes — without the controversy

The Hechinger Report

Woodfin recalled her peers as predominantly white, a legacy of families moving to the suburbs as Tulsa schools desegregated during the 1950s. But when she returned to teach at Union in 2012, the white student population had shrunk to a little more than half of total enrollment. But we do our best to give them the tools to succeed.”

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Eliminating advanced math ‘tracks’ often prompts outrage. Some districts buck the trend 

The Hechinger Report

Boulan Park Middle School math teacher Jordan Baines gives tips to help her students figure out a mathematics problem in Troy, Michigan. The email blast spurred opponents to show up at a board workshop and a town hall, and a petition demanding that the middle-school plan be scrapped got more than 3,000 signatures.