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Culturally Responsive Teaching: Tips and Strategies for Educators

Waterford

The goal is to create an inclusive classroom where students from all backgrounds feel safe and welcomed, as well as learn empathy for people with circumstances different from their own. Bringing cultural diversity into your classroom instruction can revolutionize the learning experience for your students. Hosea Plays On by Kathleen M.

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How a disgraced method of diagnosing learning disabilities persists in our nation’s schools

The Hechinger Report

In 2004, as a new Ph.D., She shared that when he was in third grade, school officials had used a so-called discrepancy model that compared intelligence quotient (IQ) with reading performance to rule that he didn’t have a learning disability. “I One reason so many diagnoses are missed is that thousands of schools in the U.S.

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COLUMN: Now imagine if your school closed for good

The Hechinger Report

Of the 22,101 public schools that have closed since 2004, 3,927 (17 percent) of them were in Black-majority census tracts, and 3,395 of those schools (86 percent) were in urban areas. Closed in 2012, the building sat vacant until Community Forge purchased Johnston from the school district for $225,000 and reopened it in 2018.

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5th Grade: Here I Come!

Learning in Hand

I have learned a lot over the last dozen years. I have truly learned so much about teaching, learning, and technology. I am delighted to say that I signed a contract to teach fifth grade for the 2018-2019 school year. I’m ready to learn lessons that I don't even know I need to learn. Learning Facilitator?

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Asking the Right Questions About Your Equity Agenda

edWeb.net

This edWeb broadcast was hosted by AASA, The School Superintendents Association and AASA’s Leadership Network, providing premier professional learning for educational leaders. Dr. Balderas was appointed to serve on the Oregon State Board of Education in 2018. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. About the Presenters.

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Teachers' Essential Guide to Cyberbullying Prevention

Graphite Blog

According to the 2018 Common Sense report Social Media, Social Life , 13 percent of teens age 13-17 say they’ve been cyberbullied, including 9 percent who say it has happened to them more than twice. These situations can be learning opportunities for everyone involved. Embrace teachable "dig cit" moments.

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"Libraries as Community Anchors" - a Library 2.0 Mini-Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

With over 25 years experience in ICT, in 2018 Means started the national Community SecondNets initiative, a wide area wireless community intranet strategy for libraries, schools and other anchors as second responders in disasters. She attended the local elementary and high school and now serves as a school board member.