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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. Domenech has served as Executive Director of AASA, The School Superintendents Association since July 2008. Does everyone feel valued?

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All ninth graders study at the local 4-H center in this Maine district

The Hechinger Report

The program is aimed at helping students feel connected to each other and their community in a place where — as in so many rural areas hit hard by the opioid epidemic and the 2008 recession — connectedness and a shared sense of purpose have been in short supply.

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

The Hechinger Report

Dressed in suits and armed with pens, notebooks, and laptops, the superintendents had one specific goal as they fanned out across the classroom, interacting with students: to look for evidence that a geometry lesson was aligned to the new state math standards. It’s rare for school district big wigs to spend time in a classroom.

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National test scores reveal a decade of educational stagnation

The Hechinger Report

Some blame the 2008 recession and the resulting drop in public funding for schools and increase in poverty among students. states adopted new, more demanding academic standards in the 2010s, and there have been widespread reports about the difficulties in changing instruction in the classroom. Then, nearly all U.S.

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How Daily Farm Work and Outdoor Projects Make Learning in High School Better for Teens

MindShift

The program is aimed at helping students feel connected to each other and their community in a place where — as in so many rural areas hit hard by the opioid epidemic and the 2008 recession — connectedness and a shared sense of purpose have been in short supply.

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The Best, Free Financial Literacy Courses for Middle and High School

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Picture a classroom full of students excited to learn about money. Founded in 2008, it's a trusted resource for 15 years. Join the 60,000+ educators who are already using EVERFI and add these lessons to your classroom today!

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What happens when a regular high school decides no student is a lost cause?

The Hechinger Report

He chucked an orange at Mason, who grabbed it and threw it back across the classroom. The adult in this high school classroom, teacher Bridget Shingleton, did not start shouting. The goal is to offer an alternative for kids who struggle in standard classrooms. Zak, who’d been in a funk, started laughing.

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