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Value-Added Schools

A Principal's Reflections

In 2009 as I took a device from a student for failing to follow school policy that student responded to me that school was like a jail. Emphasize student agency (voice, choice, advocacy) as a right for all Re-think homework and outdated grading practices to create a culture focused on R.E.A.L

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Why Teacher Self-Care Matters and How to Practice Self-Care in Your School

Waterford

Public Health, 123(11), November 2009, pp. National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project, June 2014, pp. Try doing breathing activities or mindfulness meditation as a class, especially if your students seem overwhelmed.[11]. Sources : 1. and Wang, L. Relationship between quality of life and occupational stress among teachers.

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David, Goliath, and the Future of the U.S. K-12 OER Movement

Doug Levin

K-12 education system by open educational resources (OER) since 2009, although my first exposure to the ideas and leaders of the movement stretch back to the launch of the MIT OpenCourseWare initiative. I’ve been engaged in thinking deeply about the promise and opportunity afforded the U.S.

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A school administrator tries to shame poverty away

The Hechinger Report

In 2009, students from low-income families dropped out of high school at five times the rate of their high-income classmates. In 2009, students from low-income families dropped out of high school at five times the rate of their high-income classmates. Disparities persist throughout the educational careers of low-income children.

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Waterford Gets $20M+ Grant for Online Preschool. Its Critics Are Not Happy.

Edsurge

Founded in Utah in 2009, Waterford provides a program that mixes adaptive software for preschool-aged kids, along with child development training and check-ins for parents. CEO Benjamin Heuston did say the money will go toward growing Upstart’s footprint across the country and lobbying state governments to implement the program.

Advocacy 133
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Announcing October 21st Mini-Conference: "Libraries as Community Anchors"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

He was founding chairman of the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition, founded in 2009, as a DC-based advocacy organization promoting government policies and programs to assure gigabit fiber to libraries and other community anchor institutions(CAI’s).

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"Libraries as Community Anchors" Mini-Conference - Registrations and Call for Proposals Open

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

He was founding chairman of the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition, founded in 2009, as a DC-based advocacy organization promoting government policies and programs to assure gigabit fiber to libraries and other community anchor institutions(CAI’s).