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Seeing the Pandemic as an Opportunity for Change

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Disconnection between teaching and learning: Teachers often confuse covering the material with teaching to the kids—if they teach to understanding, then the classroom becomes a different environment. They need to develop relationships with each student, learn about their individual situations, and help them as needed. Noguera, Ph.D.

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Virginia district launches summer kindergarten readiness initiative

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Not enough students have mentors, and we must change that

The Hechinger Report

The non-profit organization Mentor, which works to ensure that everyone “has the supportive relationships they need to grow and develop,” conducted a national survey in 2014 of youth aged 18 to 21 and found that one in three reported growing up without a mentor of any kind. Likewise, schools must adopt more work-based learning programs.

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Can Individual Tests Really Measure Collaboration?

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Linda Darling-Hammond Project Lead the Way, or PLTW as it’s known for short, is a K-12 STEM curriculum that’s big on hands-on learning and having groups of students co-design solutions to science and engineering problems. I think there’s more of a question about that. Their goal? Is it important to measure those skills?

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How to help principals do a better job? Train their bosses

The Hechinger Report

Ron Smith (left), a middle school network superintendent in Oakland, speaks to Jaime Aquino of New Leaders during a “learning walk” at a local middle school. What’s the learning objective today?” What were kids learning?” Why do you think I’m showing you this, in the context of the learning walk?” Photo: Jackie Mader.

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High schools fail to provide legally required education to students with disabilities

The Hechinger Report

Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. It includes students with specific learning disabilities (such as dyslexia and dysgraphia), hearing and vision impairments, emotional disabilities, autism and more severe cognitive delays. He said he never had to study or actually learn anything to get an A. Weekly Update.

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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

Shahan said that it became even harder for charters to reach their projected scores when the state stiffened its academic standards, creating more difficult versions of the state test starting in 2013. It’s stuff that we learned.”. It’s stuff that we learned.”. But that wasn’t a thing then. But that wasn’t a thing then.