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Our Doors Are Always Open

A Principal's Reflections

It was a great opportunity to not only get to exchange ideas with Eric regarding technology’s role in the classroom, but to see the learning community that has been nurtured and developed at his school. I look forward to meeting Eric again soon and definitely at Edscape in October!

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Many kids can’t read, even in high school. Is the solution teaching reading in every class?

The Hechinger Report

To help them succeed, the school — which last year served just over 500 high schoolers , roughly 80 percent of whom qualified for free or reduced priced lunch — provides its teachers with daily professional development and coaching on literacy instruction and other topics.

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How do you teach antiracism to the youngest students?

The Hechinger Report

It was definitely painted in the light that ‘these problems are in the past,’ and ‘America is the land of the free’ and ‘everyone is equal here.’ ”. They are advocating for core curriculum changes in social studies — specifically American history — classes. And school districts are working to expand their curricula on race.

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Math Instruction Isn’t Working. Could Better Teacher Training Help?

ED Surge

Although it’s not as obviously contentious as say, social studies, educators and researchers (not to mention students and families) have strong feelings about math instruction (remember New Math ? I definitely think we need to invest a lot more money in high-quality professional development,” Brown says.

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From the Marine Corps to the Classroom

ED Surge

Name : Annie Talley Ochoa Age : 44 Current town : Cupertino, California College : Alliant University through a TeachStart Fellowship Area of study : High school social studies Hometown : Corona, California EdSurge: When did you realize that you wanted to become a teacher? Was there a specific moment? We need teachers.

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A little-known program has lifted 9th grade performance in virtually every type of school

The Hechinger Report

Louis Park High School, just outside of Minneapolis, take time out of their social studies class for a team-building exercise that is part of the school’s Building Assets, Reducing Risks program. Most interventions are definitely more intensive, more expensive and more invasive.”. Freshmen at St. Louis Park High School.

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This School Librarian Thinks Her Job Is the ‘Best-Kept Secret in Education’

ED Surge

I have coursework in school librarianship, so that's definitely a part of my progress, having actual school librarianship theories and pedagogies and systems under my belt. My focus is on charter schools, multiliteracies and school librarianship. That's what I do. So you don't necessarily say, I'm a school librarian? I'm an educator.

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