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Students Are Slipping Through the Cracks of Special Education. Schools Must Do Better.

Edsurge

The teacher reached out to me, an education consultant recently hired by the school district to support struggling learners. As an educator, it’s easy to get lost in the day-to-day “administrivia” of making hundreds of decisions a week. Originally students were provided special education services based on the discrepancy model.

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9 Great Nonprofits to Support School Leaders

Tom Murray

During my time as a public school employee, I’d occasionally hear about educational organizations that were working to support schools in some capacity. Founded in 1865, AASA is the professional organization, comprised of over 13,000 educational leaders in the United States and throughout the world. extra-state jurisdictions.

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Learn how the Alliance for Excellent Education can help you and your students! | @All4ed

TeacherCast

The Alliance for Excellent Education is a Washington based advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring that all students are ready for success in college. Jeff sits down with Terri Schwartzbeck and Sam Patterson to discuss the Alliance for Excellent Education, Digital Learning Day and how you can have a Future Ready School.

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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. A lot rides on the school system’s continued improvement: Not just student outcomes, but also the future of the city itself and the fortunes of its young, new mayor, Justin Bibb.

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

Edsurge

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. Results from Tennessee Promise show worse completion outcomes for low-income and minority students , Jackson says. Free For Whom?

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Quiet In The Classroom: How To Recognize And Support Introverted Entrepreneurs

EdNews Daily

In a globally competitive world, we must support extroverts and introverts working together in balance to provide better outcomes. Far too often, in my life as a parent and educator, I’ve listened to parents who have strong concerns about reserved children. Advocate: Young introverts need parental advocacy for public school.

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Sound Advice on Personalized Learning from Six Regional Incubators

Edsurge

For city-based organizers interested in incubating a diverse set of next gen school models, personalized learning networks, or innovative education ecosystems, these podcasts provide a valuable jump-start. According to these pioneering hub leaders: “Educators are hungry for change, and they embrace it…. Hear more from Oakland.