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Student Agency is More Than Voice and Choice

A Principal's Reflections

A culture that embraces student agency promotes risk-taking while working to remove the fear of failure helps students develop a growth mindset, and has students applying what they have learned in real-world contexts as opposed to just in the classroom. How would you rate the level of learner advocacy in your school or district?

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Should we test all 2-year-olds for autism?

The Hechinger Report

The series was produced by The Hechinger Report and Columbia Journalism School’s Teacher Project , nonprofit news organizations focused on education coverage, in partnership with Slate Magazine. They don’t speak the language; they don’t understand the culture, the routines—all of that invisible stuff that we take for granted.

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Amid Child Care Crisis, New Head of NAEYC Pledges to Prioritize Listening and Inclusion

ED Surge

The other is creating belonging at NAEYC, a professional and advocacy organization with nearly 60,000 members across its 52 affiliates. “I In northern Virginia, she watched her parents navigate language barriers, cultural differences and caregiving responsibilities as best they could, sometimes stepping up to serve as the translator herself.

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4 Inspiring Black Humanitarians

Studies Weekly

As the co-founder of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) and editor and research director of the organization’s magazine, The Crisis, he published his opposition to the unequal treatment of Black Americans and promoted Black nationalism.

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One of the poorest cities in America was succeeding in an education turnaround. Is that now in peril?

The Hechinger Report

This story also appeared in Belt Magazine “You all know that I call your kids my kids, and they won’t stop being my kids,” Gordon says, wrapping up the meeting. The group, made up of people with kids in the school system, functions as a communications channel between other parents and school principals and teachers.

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Trust issues

The Hechinger Report

The uniformity and scale of the state logging — and the prioritization of profit and yield — do not align with the tribes’ forestry plans, which are tied to cultural values and use of land, Incashola said. Luna Anna Archey designed the magazine layout for High Country News. Rachel Glickhouse coordinated partnerships.

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Positive Behavior Supports Creating Meaningful Life Options for People with ASD

Digital Promise

It is reprinted with permission from the Advocate, the magazine for the National Autism Society of America. . Cultural psychology recognizes that families are diverse with respect to ethnic, racial and religious background. This article originally appeared on the Indiana Resource Center for Autism website. The Problem.