ED Surge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

But it’s a sign that at least more men are starting to pay attention to the fact that many boys aren’t performing well in school even as there are few men — especially men of color teaching younger grades — in American schools. It can even be astonishing to find men who want to teach. In 2021, the latest publicly available data, 79.5

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ED Surge

JANUARY 3, 2024

Often, the assumption is that parents don’t make time to engage with their child’s learning community or do not care about their student’s academic progress — even if that student is performing poorly or below academic expectations. Unfortunately, my attempt to help turned into him teaching me how to solve his math problems.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Their commitment and passion for teaching were the reasons why I chose this profession. Next door, there was a halfway house filled with young men, some of whom were fathers to the students I would be teaching. I was coming to teach the masses, full of hope and determination – how quickly I had to change focus.

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Dr. Shannon Doak

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Here’s what that could look like: Emotional Intelligence and Empathy : Schools should introduce programs that actually teach emotional intelligence—skills like empathy, active listening, and really understanding others. Creativity, Activity, Service (CAS): Service projects often involve community engagement, fostering empathy.

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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.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Her research and teaching interests include American political development, political history, voting and elections, state politics, political geography, sovereignty, Native American political rights, political parties, partisanship, and political institutions. She specializes in American politics.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

At STC, it is not uncommon for a medical doctor to teach basic math to GED students while emphasizing how those students will use their lessons in the real world in their chosen profession. From this community engagement, STC decided to add aviation mechanics and welding because those were skills that local industry required.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2020

And researchers have reached consensus on the common features found in different types of successful community schools: integrated student supports; expanded learning time and opportunities; family and community engagement; and collaborative leadership and practice. “We

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Kelsey is the Research Communications Manager at Digital Promise. Across the country, schools are adopting new approaches to teaching and learning in order to prepare students for life in a technology-rich world. You can reach her on Twitter at @aubreyfrancisco. You can reach her on Twitter at @kelseye144. Why is this important?

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ED Surge

APRIL 11, 2023

Both are emeritus scholars from selective institutions: Steven Volk, an emeritus history professor at Oberlin College, and Beth Benedix, an professor emeritus of world literature, religious studies and community engagement at DePauw University who is also founder and director of The Castle, a nonprofit organization that partners with public schools.

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ED Surge

MAY 5, 2023

Strong family and community engagement can enhance learning outcomes and help to create a sense of belonging. Relationships are critical in engaging students and families in meaningful and culturally appropriate ways, and are associated with increased literacy acquisition, lower dropout rates and improved attendance.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

This aligns with national trends through which these students typically face low expectations , inequitable discipline that fuels the school-to-prison pipeline and a shortage of effective, culturally responsive teaching. Community engagement and leadership are our foundational principles.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 23, 2021

While we acknowledge that the transition to teaching virtually was incredibly challenging and exhausting, teachers were able to engage their creative and innovative mindset to design learning experiences for students with learning differences. Teachers are designers of learning systems.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2023

The University of South Carolina’s mission statement , for example, begins, “The primary mission of the University of South Carolina Columbia is the education of the state’s citizens through teaching, research, creative activity, and community engagement.” Still, it has the third largest gap for Black students in the country.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 17, 2017

Every community is different and the leaders and stakeholders are unique to the fabric of the community. Collaborating with local media is an important and perhaps obvious avenue you can leverage to inform your community about your school system’s activities. Stories have the power to inform, inspire, connect, and mobilize.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

In keeping with that spirit, the evenings are designed to be far more interactive than a typical curriculum night, in which teachers run through what they’ll be teaching that year. Anne Henderson, National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

They serve and engage daily with a wide range of diverse student populations—including those most negatively affected by racial and economic disparity in the U.S. such as Black, Indigenous, Pacific Islander and Latino students—often teaching and working at the heart of these communities for decades.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

But how can all of America’s students become sufficiently equipped and knowledgeable about important issues to get involved and make a difference within and beyond their communities? Related: Helping even middle-of-the-pack students see themselves as leaders.

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Political Science Now

JULY 29, 2024

The workshop aims to provide a space where scholars and practitioners with a commitment to civic engagement can collaborate, build supportive relationships, and share practical guidance for leading community-engaged projects. The workshop will culminate with NCAPSA’s brief annual business meeting and a celebratory reception.

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ED Surge

JUNE 13, 2022

Most communicated their intent to attack. It is a combination of three main activities: Teaching children socio-emotional competencies, such as empathy, kindness and collaboration, to mitigate the effects of bullying and trauma; Promoting schools as relationship-centered environments, to ensure threats are being elevated; and.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2019

Why couldn’t we teach our students to read proficiently by the end of third grade? Why couldn’t we teach our students to read proficiently by the end of third grade?” It truly takes a village: Our approach needed to go even deeper on parental and community engagement.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Committee members were among the students leading a walkout in the wake of the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida; students on the committee are also focused on teaching their peers about organizing effectively and understanding the reasons for the protests.

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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. In addition, the school develops a culture of shared problem solving, community engagement, and continuous improvement, and openly shares stories of both victories and lessons learned. How will the classroom change?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Barraza teaches Native literature at the Native American Community Academy in Albuquerque. Half of the school’s teaching positions were unfilled, largely because of its remote location and lower salaries, according to Swentzell, who took over as head of school in 2022. Credit: Sharon Chischilly for The Hechinger Report.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 30, 2023

Even worse, we were still in the midst of a pandemic; not only did we have to create innovative ways to teach and reach our children virtually, but we also had to ensure that our children and families were physically safe, nourished and mentally and emotionally sound to cope with the trauma they just experienced.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

After school, Jeremiah learns as much as possible on how to create, manage, and share positive messages to his community. From finding ideas and inspiration, to planning, producing, and presenting, he uses his mobile-connected tools to connect, create, teach, and lead. . Engage, Investigate, Act, and tell the story along the way.

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Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Intersectionality Under the Sunshine State Teaching Intersectional Anthropology was significant because, in my (bio)archaeological work, I engage with intersectional thinkers in my writing and was eager to share the vast body of thought with my students. So was the privilege to teach as a professor. I received my Ph.D.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 8, 2019

Gaps also exist between high-performing and low-performing public schools based on differences in access to funding and resources, community engagement and commitment, and the ability and willingness of district and school leaders to embrace innovation and try new strategies. In a rapidly changing world, this is no longer possible.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

Some start with pilots to show proof points, and others begin with community engagement to generate support. Though they have similar goals, school districts across the country take a broad range of approaches to competency-based education (CBE). Is there a right way to approach CBE? Student Tech Teams Supporting 1-1 iPad Deployments.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Last month, Digital Promise and Remake Learning hosted the 2019 Education Innovation Clusters Convening ( #EdClusters19 ) in Pittsburgh, bringing together nearly 100 educators, entrepreneurs, funders, researchers, and community stakeholders from more than 20 cities and regions across the U.S. Kicking Off #Edclusters19 with site visits!

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Political Science Now

APRIL 2, 2024

election presents educators across the United States with the opportunity to help their students engage in the democratic system. Why is it essential to teach democratic citizenship and civic engagement? Please direct any questions to teaching@apsanet.org. The 2024 U.S. election process at all levels?

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Even though I work in sales, what some might not realize is a lot of my time is spent with customer support and community engagement. Colette Coleman is the Director of Marketing and Community Engagement at Zinc Learning Labs. CC: I have to agree that there isn’t a typical day in my field, either. Great final words.

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Political Science Now

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The workshop will use a single-track format where presenters and participants will consistently engage with one another throughout the day. The workshop will culminate with NCAPSA’s brief annual business meeting and a celebratory reception.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2018

Today’s students will be competing in a global marketplace, living in diverse communities and working on diverse teams. An essential part of any career preparation must involve teaching students the skills to understand issues and view situations from different perspectives.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Shuck: So, getting a little academic here, we would call engagement the maintenance, intensity, and direction of effort and energy that we give something. We can talk about it in terms of community engagement, faculty engagement, family engagement, relationship engagement.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2018

Canvassers like Bey use that opportunity to invite parents to be learn about and apply to their fellowship program, a ten-session course that provides $200 vouchers for refurbished laptops (through its partnership with the nonprofit Tech Exchange), teaches parents digital literacy and shows them how to access and understand school data.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

After attending the district’s schools and inheriting a love of teaching from her mother, she went to college and put her degree to work in her hometown. In fact, she clarified, it teaches students that violence is an option if you’re powerful and can hit hard and get away with it. But Barron sees a resulting improvement in teaching.

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