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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

This story also appeared in Belt Magazine “You all know that I call your kids my kids, and they won’t stop being my kids,” Gordon says, wrapping up the meeting. Credit: Grace McConnell for The Hechinger Report The strategy was bolstered in 2019 when Gordon attracted a national college-promotion program called Say Yes.

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Strategies for Culturally Responsive Teaching

edWeb.net

A decorated educator of 21 years, Monica has received honors and awards from a wide variety of organizations for her leadership, advocacy, and classroom instruction. Department of Education) and Parents magazine. She is a 2015 Milken Unsung Hero Fellow and a 2015 NEA Foundation Global Fellow.

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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

NeverEndingSearch

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. You can now find out.

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

eSchool News

As librarians, we can do this by offering a range of genres and formats for students to choose from: novels, comics, magazines, audiobooks, print, or digital. Holzweiss said she avoids outdated book report questions and formats. Students can find a video, photo, song, podcast, meme, or gif that illustrates a theme in their book.

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The Business of Education Technology

Hack Education

Remind co-founder Brett Kopf was replaced as CEO by Brian Grey, formerly CEO of the Bleacher Report. These are just the ones that were reported by the press, of course.). ” The Gates Foundation is perhaps the best known organization for furthering political advocacy through its funding mechanisms.

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Could we improve America by treating 2-year-olds better?

The Hechinger Report

Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report Photo: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. The series was produced by The Hechinger Report and Columbia Journalism School’s Teacher Project , nonprofit news organizations focused on education coverage, in partnership with Slate Magazine. Sign up for our newsletter.

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