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Why a High-Achieving District Keeps Tinkering With a School Model That Already Works

Edsurge

The 2018 Niche.com rankings listed our district as one of the top 15 “Best School Districts in America” for the fourth year in a row. Four of our seven elementary schools are ranked in the top 20 schools in Pennsylvania, and our high school forensics team is recognized as one of the best teams in the nation.

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OPINION: Can Zoom classes keep students excited and engaged? We have found some ways

The Hechinger Report

NEW YORK — When planning an election-year trip to the Southwest border for our undergraduate political reporting class last spring, we imagined reprising an award-winning reporting journey we took to a rural swing district in Maine during the 2018 midterms. Related: With many schools choosing online learning how can we keep the music alive?

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Inside one school’s efforts to bridge the divide between white teachers and students of color

The Hechinger Report

At the elementary school she worked at before Sussex Tech, kids of all races played together, she said. “I When the school held a mandatory seminar last fall to discuss the impact of race on student learning, some teachers and staff walked out, accusing the school of sowing division between teachers.

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Getting rid of gifted programs: Trying to teach students at all levels together in one class

The Hechinger Report

and Bruce Hecker’s 12th grade English class at South Side High School had the focused attention of a college seminar, with little chitchat or sluggishness despite the early hour. So, the district started by replacing separate gifted classes in elementary school with individualized, project-based “talent” classes for all students.

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PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Students can see how texting, emailing, video conferencing, Socratic Seminars, online discussions, and face to face conversation all provides different takes when communicating. Take note that there categories include elementary, middle, and high school! 2018 Comp Thinking 1. 2018 Comp Thinking 2. 2018 Makers Space.

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The pandemic robbed thousands of New York City children of parents. Many aren’t getting the help they need

The Hechinger Report

In April 2020, as the death toll from COVID mounted across New York City, an elementary school teacher at P.S. 343, the Children’s Lab School, in Sunnyside, Queens, organized a virtual dance party to give her second-grade class some levity. Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning.

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MIT, Yale and other elite colleges are finally reaching out to rural students

The Hechinger Report

From the time she was in elementary school, Isabella Cross has dreamed of going to an Ivy League college to become an engineer. But when that trustee, Byron Trott, asked in 2018 how many students at her university came from rural places, as he had, “we couldn’t even answer the question,” Betley said. CROSSVILLE, Tenn.

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