Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 14, 2024

But over the last ten years, whenever I set out to find information about teaching strategies, educational resources, technology for schools, or pretty much anything related to improving learning for our students, someone would inevitably pipe up and say, “Librarians can also help with that.” That was about it.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Kettle Moraine School District (KMSD), a member of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools , is a suburban district in Wisconsin leading some of the most advanced competency-based education (CBE) efforts in the country. The post Activating the Community to Support Education Innovation appeared first on Digital Promise.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

This year, I began another complicated questwith an institutional behemoth: the New York City Department of Education. The things they can really use — in-home and remote services — have become flashpoints in pandemic resource battles and culture wars. During a pandemic. Advocating for Krishna is different now.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Given the rapid advances in AI and the momentum in the education field to understand how these technologies can support teaching and learning, last year the Gates Foundation launched a pilot initiative to provide funding to test new AI ideas that are in support of equitable K-12 mathematics outcomes. Check out last week’s post here.

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ED Surge

MAY 5, 2023

And in a survey administered by the National Education Association in 2022, 55 percent of teachers and support professionals who responded indicated they are thinking about leaving the profession earlier than they had planned. As a veteran educator with over 20 years in the classroom, I’ve seen the consequences of teacher turnover.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 22, 2024

Throughout rural America, non-native English speakers are less likely than their urban peers to get proper support in school, sometimes leading to a lifetime of lower educational attainment. But some rural schools are developing multilingual education strategies to rival those found in urban and suburban districts.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Institutional biases block career advancement for educators of color , who constitute only 1 in 5 U.S. This is a serious problem: The caliber and stability of our educator workforce affects our education system’s quality and capacity for improvement. Research confirms the intertwined success of Black students and educators.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2024

“So when you have a situation like these storms that continue to keep coming …” Now help is arriving from an unexpected source: The University of Vermont, or UVM, the state’s flagship higher education institution, has opened a new center to help rural communities like this one. They aren’t going to pick up and leave.

Economics 125

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2023

I am a Harvard graduate, nationally recognized advocate for homeless youth and an education professional supporting family engagement in a network of charter public schools. I’m not asking educators to take on society’s larger systems of oppression, but we can certainly disrupt our own. As educators, we can change this.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2021

Education is today’s civil rights movement, and we must act boldly and with urgency to stamp out injustice. Related: OPINION: Educators have a basic but essential role in dismantling racism. We are building equity-based staffing formulas to ensure that the highest-quality educators are in schools with the highest needs.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 30, 2023

As a school, we knew that if our students and families didn’t have the support they needed, student learning and engagement would be severely impacted. What started as a daunting task became a mission to reignite the passion and engagement of our students while strengthening our local community.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 4, 2016

Educators can now take advantage of new teaching and learning opportunities, and embark on a path to powerful use. Educators and leaders maintain ongoing conversations about digital responsibility, and create a culture of safety and belonging. Read this : “Four Steps to Building a Thriving Online Community for Every Teacher”.

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Community Engagement Cultures Teaching Education 72

Digital Promise

JANUARY 8, 2019

Most Americans agree that education is a national priority. public education system falls in the middle of international quality rankings. But let’s be clear: the problem with education in America is not lack of excellence. They are connecting across cultural and national borders to promote global awareness and tolerance.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

School Psychologist Dani Roquett greets Anne and James Hutt with their daughters, Ellison, 5, and Quinn, 10 months, at the “Zone Check-In” at the GET Together family educational event in January. The school calls the events, held twice a year, GET Togethers — Guaranteed Education Teams. Photo: Caralee Adams for The Hechinger Report.

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ED Surge

MARCH 24, 2023

More lives lost, more families devastated, more educators operating in fear. As the founder of an organization that provides social-emotional learning (SEL) experiences for preK-12 students, educators and families, and a mother of three, I spend a great deal of time considering what this crisis means for schools and communities.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Once deferred, students’ education dreams may never come to fruition. The students who answered the survey wanted to continue their education. Black and Latino students were more interested in continuing their education than their white counterparts. But financial, familial and social anxieties overpowered that desire.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2022

Akeshia Craven-Howell told me she wishes her community could have had access to a tool like this when she was an associate superintendent in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in North Carolina, where she was involved in redrawing school boundaries, before she left in April 2022 and joined Bellwether Education Partners, a consulting firm. .

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 17, 2017

As President and CEO of Digital Promise and Senior Vice President of Educational Partnerships at Discovery Education, we spend much of our time on the road, meeting with school leaders and teachers across the country. A common theme we hear is the importance and challenge of keeping stakeholders not only informed, but also engaged.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

Every day at Digital Promise, we work with leading educators, researchers, and developers across the country to help close the Digital Learning Gap and improve learning for all. We’re excited for the opportunity to spread the word of what’s happening – and what’s possible – in education.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2020

“No matter where you go, you see people from all different cultures and heritages.”. Overall, the state department of education calculates that 61 percent of Sioux City students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a standard federal measure of student poverty. Photo: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. And all means all.”.

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Middle School Cultures High School Tutoring 109

Dr. Shannon Doak

OCTOBER 7, 2024

In a world where AI and automation are transforming industries left and right, it’s becoming more obvious that our education systems need to catch up. If the future is changing, our approach to education has to change with it, so the next generation is equipped to thrive in this tech-driven world. The essential skills for these jobs?

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2018

for higher education during the 2016-17 academic year, marking the 11th consecutive year that the number of international students in the U.S. Critics of higher education call for more emphasis on career preparation, skill development and job placement. Higher Education. I couldn’t disagree more.”. Sign up for our newsletter.

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Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

I’ll start with a confession: I am not a cultural anthropologist. Throughout my 12 years of training in human osteology and bioarchaeology, I often questioned my own disciplines and role(s) within higher education. Intersectional Anthropology. I am also the kind of person not traditionally welcomed in the academy. Many people in U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2024

Board of Education decision that “separate but equal” schools were unconstitutional. But the moms in the community who support public schools have organized to create a more equitable and diverse educational landscape. Families and officials have also worked together to educate realtors. Pasadena High School.

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ED Surge

JUNE 23, 2023

What sports didn’t offer us was the opportunity to develop awareness and appreciation for our cultural identity. When I was nine years old, my mother enrolled my brother and me in folklorico — a traditional cultural dance that emphasizes Mexican folk culture — at our local recreation center. At first, I was annoyed.

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ED Surge

MARCH 13, 2024

“As educators, we must tell the truth — to ourselves and then to our students,” writes Deaunna Watson, director of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging at a Montessori school in Cincinnati. Sometimes, though, the truth can be difficult to face and uncomfortable to talk about.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 22, 2020

Another Atherton alum, Delquan Dorsey, is now the district’s community engagement coordinator for the Department of Diversity, Equity, and Poverty Programs. So you’re going to naturally have, because we come from segregated communities, this contrast [between the teachers and their students]. Can we push harder?

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Economics Elementary School History High School 143

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Harlem Children’s Zone, the renowned nonprofit providing social and academic support to low-income families in Central Harlem, has announced a new initiative to replicate its community-based model of family and educational services nationwide. These students come from a wide variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2017

The arts and cultural sector are no stranger to budget cuts. In the face of these drastic cuts, a real solution to supporting artists and keeping the arts vital in our communities is to develop new models of partnership that link higher education, artist residencies and communities. Sign up for our newsletter.

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Political Science Now

JULY 17, 2024

Bunche Award for the best scholarly work in political science that explores the phenomenon of ethnic and cultural pluralism Recipient: Melvin Rogers, Brown University Title: The Darkened Light of Faith (Princeton University Press) Robert A.

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Political Science Civics Civic Engagement Archiving 62

ED Surge

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Digital citizenship is no longer just about creating strong passwords; it’s about using technology to make our digital community a better place. Why should educators and families prioritize digital citizenship? But understanding how to present ourselves and use our voice for good in this space is a skill we can choose to develop.

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Humanities Teaching Community Engagement Cultures 109

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Black, professor of law at the University of South Carolina and expert in education law and policy, said that campuses that are halting or altering offerings may be doing so unnecessarily. “We don’t accept that having racially discriminatory barriers is just no big deal or is not actually depriving, not actually harming someone,” he said.

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