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How Parent Empowerment Can Change Your Classroom for the Better

Waterford

Parent empowerment involves both informing and organizing parents so they can participate fully in your school’s community. 8] Additionally, one study found that when parents are involved in schools, their children are more likely to graduate from high school and attend post-secondary education.[9]. Cooper, C.W., and Christie, C.A.

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Want to Rethink Education After COVID-19? Creative Solutions Mean Taking More Risks

Edsurge

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina literally washed away the New Orleans public school system. Many lead K-12 programs and are grappling with issues such as technology access and equity, when and how to open schools safely, preparing teachers to instruct online and union demands for teacher safety.

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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

So many people ask me how to respond to Artificial Intelligence and my response is always, that we need to shift our pedagogical practices into the classroom to the time-tested research-based best practices. Robert obtained their Master of Science degree in Engineering from Boise State University between 2002 and 2005.

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Discipline Outdoes Talent—Here’s How

Fractus Learning

In…studies of both secondary school and university students, self-discipline has surpassed intelligence test scores to better predict school performance, attendance, and graduation honors. For school performance, “discipline outdoes talent,” concluded researchers Angela Duckworth and Martin Seligman (2005, 2006).”

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Held back, but not helped

The Hechinger Report

Most students lost months or even years of school time after Katrina hit in 2005. Early this past December, the state released guidance to explain how to institute alternatives to retention in fourth grade, to comply with a resolution passed by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in October.

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A crash course on trauma-informed teaching

The Cornerstone for Teachers

This week on the Truth for Teachers podcast, I’m giving you an overview of and a solid foundation for understanding trauma-informed teaching practices. Trauma-informed teaching is not a curriculum, set of prescribed strategies, or something you need to “add to your plate.” p> What is childhood trauma?

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Can a Truly Student-Centered Education Be Available to All?

MindShift

While the freedom inherent in the model excites some readers, others question whether young people educated this way will learn the important information and skills they need to become productive adults in our society. Some readers object to unschooling because its proponents have opted out of the public system.