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5 Ways to Create Relevant Cultures of Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Success lies in a shared ownership approach to design relevant cultures of learning. What happens in the classroom through the relationship-building expertise of teachers needs to be supported and enhanced across the entire school or district. Herein lies the vital role leaders play in designing relevant cultures of learning.

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The buzz around teaching facts to boost reading is bigger than the evidence for it

The Hechinger Report

Hirsch, a professor emeritus of education and humanities at the University of Virginia, argues that democracy benefits when the citizenry shares a body of knowledge and history, which he calls cultural literacy. Related: Our free weekly newsletter alerts you to what research says about schools and classrooms.

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Research: The Influence of Socioeconomic Status on Learning

TeachThought

They prefer either someone they previously deemed accurate or someone who shares their cultural background (Corriveau & Kurkul, 2016). Palardy (2013) investigated high school-aged students to examine socioeconomic segregation’s impact on student attainment outcomes. The first was peer influence.

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Why You Shouldn’t Use Physical Education As Punishment

TeachThought

Don’t Use Physical Education As Punishment contributed by Dr. Kymm Ballard, Executive Director for SPARK Think about any time you’ve seen “army boot camp” portrayed in pop culture — are you picturing the traditional drill sergeant, ordering his troops to do endless laps and push-ups, as punishment for their errors that day?

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Some colleges extend scholarships and other help to rural high school grads

The Hechinger Report

And rural students graduate from high school at higher rates than their urban, and about the same levels as their suburban, counterparts. But only 59 percent then go straight to college, compared to 62 percent of urban and 67 percent of suburban high school graduates, according to the National Student Clearinghouse , which tracks this.

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In Puerto Rico, the odds are against high school grads who want to go to college

The Hechinger Report

I wouldn’t put my parents through this just to go to school in the United States.” SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Desirée Morales Díaz didn’t choke up when she recounted how her high school counselor hadn’t heard of the common application, the form widely used by college admission offices on the mainland. And that’s when I said no.

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What New Research Says About Fostering a ‘Sense of Belonging’ in Classrooms

ED Surge

That can be true with challenges like glitches in the federal financial aid forms or a student registration system, says Greg Walton, a psychology professor at Stanford University. And it's very easy in our culture to default to a punitive approach in response to a kid who misbehaves. That's a massive effect.

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