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What Can Schools Learn from the Successful Transformation of Public Libraries?

Edsurge

In her 2018 bestseller “ The Library Book ,” author Susan Orlean uses the history of a fire that destroyed parts of the Los Angeles Public Library in 1986 to explore transformations that libraries and librarians have undergone over the last hundred years.

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Open Up Resources Takes A Digital Leap Through Kiddom Partnership

Edsurge

Open Up Resources offers two of the highest-reviewed curriculum for middle-school math and K-5 English, according to EdReports, which evaluates textbooks for rigor, usability and alignment to academic standards. The platform also offers a library of supplemental resources from third-party providers.

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A charter chain thinks it has the answer for alternative schools

The Hechinger Report

Nationwide, high schools offering credit recovery used online courses 71 percent of the time, according to a 2018 U.S. Staff say that they try to be strategic with locations, setting up shop within strip malls and sites that are easy for students to access and that are close to other resources like the public library.

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Why the Boldest Ideas in Education Come From Underrepresented Entrepreneurs

Edsurge

They’ve also done semi-private lessons for 5-7 year olds, and aim to release their first module of lesson plans by 2018. There’s a lot of learning going on at P.S. 305 , but instead of instructing kids on arithmetic or spelling, the organization is teaching students and families about the education system they are a part of.

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Teachers go to school on racial bias

The Hechinger Report

But they say the discussions are helping them to become better educators within a system in which predominantly white staff teach in schools with significant numbers of black and Latino students. “Am Recognizing the dearth of literature written from a nonwhite perspective, Connolly was quick to add dozens of titles to the library.

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How Schools Can Help Teachers Understand and Address Racial Bias

MindShift

But they say the discussions are helping them to become better educators within a system in which predominantly white staff teach in schools with significant numbers of black and Latino students. Recognizing the dearth of literature written from a nonwhite perspective, Connolly was quick to add dozens of titles to the library.