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Connecting SEL with Academic Achievement to Achieve True Education Equity

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Across the nation, district equity discussions include how schools must examine current biases from bus stops to classroom materials to educator and staff expectations. Instead, said Duchesneau, educators and staff need to recognize cultural and contextual differences and how they impact students. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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The Awkward Truth About ‘Free College’—It Isn’t Truly Free

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In 2014, when Tennessee unveiled a statewide scholarship to cover tuition expenses at community colleges, the program was praised for making higher education possible for more people. It even inspired President Obama to pitch a similar federal program. Free For Whom? So therefore, institutions must learn how to serve those students better.”

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One of the poorest cities in America was succeeding in an education turnaround. Is that now in peril?

The Hechinger Report

By many measures, schools here made big gains under Gordon and the ambitious 11-year effort to overhaul the education system that he helped create. The effects of poverty on education make further gains a daunting challenge. Bibb’s press spokesperson referred questions to Holly Trifiro, the city’s chief education officer.

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Women’s History Month should have a place for teachers

The Hechinger Report

Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. Yet, according to a 2016 press release from the U.S. Women’s work in general is undervalued.”.

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Strategies for Culturally Responsive Teaching

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A critical topic for schools, communities, and most importantly, our students, is what teachers do in the classroom to nurture ALL students, create a sense of belonging, and keep educational standards high. Her, “4 Things Great Principals Don’t Do,” was the most read and shared Education Week post of 2017.

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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

While seven of those 27 schools were able to reach 70 percent student proficiency in either English or math in 2016, none had attained 80 percent. At Arise, the school whose name begins with Achievement, not even 40 percent of students were proficient in 2016, based on composite scores for English and math.

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Silicon Valley aims its tech at helping low-income kids get beyond high school

The Hechinger Report

What they lack is college-educated relatives, counselors, role models or mentors to make sure they take the courses and meet the deadlines they need to, or who encourage them to think about their further educations. Fewer than one in five children of parents without higher educations end up getting degrees. Higher Education.

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