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The mental health needs of Black and Hispanic girls often go unmet. This group wraps them in support

The Hechinger Report

This story also appeared in The 19th Yuli Paez-Naranjo, a Working on Womanhood counselor, sported a purple WOW T-shirt as she led the group in a discussion about how values can inform decisions. “Do Some 38 percent of girls in this group showed signs of PTSD, double the rate of service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Blending with the Station Rotation Model

A Principal's Reflections

For me, the journey began back in 2011 when we first introduced the flipped approach at New Milford High School, where I was principal, with resounding success. It is essential to use a good data source for groupings so the learners get the most out of the targeted instruction or support rotation.

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Beyond English: Why Writing Belongs in Every Classroom

Catlin Tucker

So, it should not be surprising that only 27% of 8th and 12th-grade students earned a score of proficient in writing in the last report published in 2011 by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Reading comprehension and information retention improve when students write about what they read (Graham & Herbert, 2011).

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New ParentSquare Community Groups Feature Helps Districts and Schools Extend Reach to Community Members

eSchool News

provider of the premier unified school-home engagement platform for K-12, today announces a new Community Groups feature. Community Groups allows interested community members to sign up for various communications offered by districts and schools. Community Groups web pages can be enabled at the district or school level, or both.

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The Pivotal Role Movement Plays in Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Each kid was instructed to get up, walk around the room, and find a partner who was not in their pre-assigned seating groups. After the exit tickets were all turned in the teacher had all the students participate in a brain break activity. They were then instructed to compete in several games of rock-paper-scissors with various peers.

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Where the Need for Bilingual Teachers Has Changed Over 20 Years

Edsurge

But that shortage is nothing new, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics, which shows that more than one-fifth of school districts had trouble filling at least one bilingual education or English as a second language role back in 2011-12.

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HE Challenges: Combating declining completion rates

Neo LMS

The report covered the six-year completion rates of the cohort of students (which the study refers to as the 2011 cohort) who began college in 2011. While the 2011 completion rate shows an uptick of 2.1% Now, for instance, the anatomy curriculum is taught over 32 groups, with 12 students each, and is taught 16 times a day!

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