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Why we love our SEL tools

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Social and emotional learning (SEL) is an increasingly important part of the curriculum in many schools—and for good reason. When students learn self-management and social awareness, they’re automatically set up for more success, academically, personally, and professionally. Social emotional learning programs. “We

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How our high-poverty school reduced suspensions by 97%

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Even just one student who is misbehaving can affect how much and how well an entire class is learning. When we arrived at Betty Best Elementary in Houston in the summer of 2014 and dug into the school’s data, we saw there were 627 office referrals during the previous year. Take a positive approach to classroom management.

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Guide covers how to improve school culture

eSchool News

The research is clear: the culture of a school can have a direct impact on student learning and achievement. Following each story are step-by-step instructions to implement each practice, along with helpful screen shots from the Kickboard school culture system. One example comes from Lowery Elementary School in Donaldsonville, La.

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The Business of Education Technology

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Jen Medbery stepped down as CEO of Kickboard. Here are the areas that have seen the most ed-tech investment activity so far this year: Learning to code : Investments include Galvanize ($45,000,000), Codecademy ($30,000,000), Andela ($24,000,000), Wonder Workshop ($20,000,000), Revature ($20,000,000). Why, schools of course.