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PROOF POINTS: A third of public school children were chronically absent after classrooms re-opened, advocacy group says

The Hechinger Report

The organization, Attendance Works, believes that the number of students missing at least 18 days* of school a year doubled to 16 million in 2021-22 from 8 million students before the pandemic. 27, 2022 blog post. It may be a full year before we will have national data on student absences during 2021-22 from the U.S.

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School Leadership in the Common Core Era

A Principal's Reflections

Second, we advocate for the development of an action plan for educating the not-so-common learners that is research-based, achievable, and reaches beyond any current educational reform initiative for school improvement. Common Core ELL English Language Learners Guest Blog Post Guest Blogger Leadership' Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.

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Announcing the 2021-2022 League of Innovative Schools Cohort

Digital Promise

Please join us in welcoming the following new districts to the League of Innovative Schools: ASU Preparatory Academies. Brigantine Public School District. California Area School District. Clear Creek Independent School District. Cleveland City Schools. Columbus Municipal School District.

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Edtech, Equity, and Innovation: A Critical Look in the Mirror

Digital Promise

In our current education system, we continue to see gaps in graduation rates and unequal access to high-quality public schools. While there are certainly exceptions, this human interaction standard can serve as a compass to guide our investments and advocacy. Let’s start a movement.

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New Approaches to Instructional Technology Coaching

Digital Promise

At Ruben Dario Middle School in Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools coach created a teacher online learning repository containing highlights of best instructional practices identified within their staff.

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7 questions after Governor Branstad’s school funding veto

Dangerously Irrelevant

After last week’s veto of school funding by Governor Terry Branstad, I’m really happy that I’m not the one that has to stand in front of educators over the next few months and defend that decision. I blogged in March that it was really tough to feel positive about education politics in Iowa this year and I was proven right.

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Activating the Community to Support Education Innovation

Digital Promise

Deklotz said, “Students telling the story about how their personalized plan has helped them plan for the future and how they think about school has more impact on the board and community than data.” Student advocacy reinforced Kettle Moraine’s implementation of CBE and expanded opportunities around personalized learning.

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