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Summer Learning Programs Struggle — and Devise Solutions — as Staff Shortages Persist

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It’s summer time, and the learning is not easy. Entsminger, an elementary school principal outside of Chicago, says his district was not able to serve nearly as many children as usual with its summer program this year, and the reason boils down to staffing. Striking a Balance That summer learning program with the waitlist?

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PROOF POINTS: Debunking the myth that teachers stop improving after five years

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In a 2004 paper, economist Jonah Rockoff, now at Columbia Business School, tracked how teachers improved over their careers and noticed that teachers were getting better at their jobs by leaps and bounds at first, as measured by their ability to raise their students’ achievement test scores. Old dogs do appear to learn new tricks.

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Arkansas’ LISA Academy Renews Partnership with Global Edtech Leader Supporting Student Success

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Established in 2004, all 11 schools across the state are accredited by the Arkansas Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.  These resources, sourced from trusted partners, are aligned to state and national standards and help educators bring the outside world into teaching and learning every day. Through

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Tips and Strategies to Talk about Race in Class

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

These resources are designed to support and enhance our collective efforts to create more inclusive and empathetic learning environments. Example: Before teaching a lesson on the civil rights movement, take time to learn about various perspectives, historical contexts, and the language used to discuss race.

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COLUMN: Now imagine if your school closed for good

The Hechinger Report

Adapted and reprinted from Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black Cities by Andre Perry, with permission from Brookings Institution Press, © 2020 by Brookings Institution. Like me, she attended the old Johnston School, learning in the same room and under the same teacher — a decade after I did.

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Rethinking Recess Leads to Results On and Off the Playground

Edsurge

CHICAGO — At first glance, it looks like your standard recess: Elementary school students, bundled up in warm jackets, hats and mittens, laugh and play outside on a crisp, cloudy fall day in the Windy City. In short, they’re learning good sportsmanship, and that in turn has made a dramatic difference in the way students treat each other.

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When school districts fall into debt and can’t get out

The Hechinger Report

There is rarely enough to go around, and the need is great : a 2016 report by school facilities advocates argued that districts would need to spend $46 billion more each year to provide “healthy and safe” learning environments for all students. In the elementary school, art classes were cut. Census data.

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