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What is Learning Sciences and Why Does It Matter?

Digital Promise

Studies learning activity systems (not just one component)—such systems that integrate materials, technologies, supports, teacher professional development, assessments, leadership engagement, and other elements required to change teaching and learning.

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Hard History in Syracuse City Schools

C3 Teachers

And then we began a partnership here with some intense professional development. Don’t get me wrong, we believe that traditional methods are important as well. We believe that actually looking at expository text is important to develop basic knowledge. So they’ve developed a basic knowledge.

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Progress in the Deep South: Black students combat segregation, poverty and dwindling school funding

The Hechinger Report

For the most part we are starting to see less of a strong racial divide, but there is still some work that needs to be done,” said Celestine, who is also working toward a degree in sociology from McNeese State University. Two charter schools opened in 2000 and have been attracting white students away from the traditional schools ever since.

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Lies We’re Told About Crime

Zinn Education Project

We share the text of their conversation for discussion in high school classrooms and professional development workshops. It’s astonishing because what it turned out to be was that there was a tradition, a new tradition then, of counting the alumni of Black colleges in terms of their crime statistics.