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Implementing Innovation Strategies to Make School Districts More Equitable

edWeb.net

Conner also identified three levels of innovation that need to occur, starting with the application of efficiency logic to smaller systems like classroom design. McNulty is the president of the National Dropout Prevention Center (NDPC) and the Successful Practices Network (SPN). WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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Spreading First Aid for Teens’ Mental Health by Training Adults to Help

MindShift

When kids struggle, their emotional problems often unfold in the classroom, affecting their ability to concentrate and straining interactions with teachers and peers. Left untreated, mental health concerns can contribute to high school dropout rates.

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Improving Social-Emotional and Reading Skills

edWeb.net

A recent edWebinar led by Bobbi Bear, Director of Customer Advocacy for Achieve3000, identified effective ways to integrate SEL with reading instruction, through classroom conversations about nonfiction and fiction texts. And, the goals for students engaged in this type of learning include self-esteem, empathy, motivation, and commitment.

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Why haven’t new federal rules unleashed more innovation in schools?

The Hechinger Report

In a personalized classroom, students are taught how to take control of their own learning, so that they can take different pathways to gain understanding of concepts. The previous federal law, the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act, required states to develop and give standardized tests in third to eighth grade.

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How one district went all-in on a tutoring program to catch kids up

The Hechinger Report

After the No Child Left Behind law was first passed in 2001, schools got extra money to tutor struggling students, but several frauds and fiascos led to concerns about lax oversight. Both Obimma and VonSeggen tutored remotely, but some tutors have come back into the classroom along with the students.

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A vocational school curriculum that includes genocide studies and British literature

The Hechinger Report

In a darkened classroom in Essex Technical High School, Anna Maria Miller takes careful notes while watching a subtitled video sampling from Rwanda’s infamous “hate radio,” which helped fuel the genocide of the minority Tutsi population in 1994. HATHORNE, Mass. — Xerras said afterward.).

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Professors Aren’t Good at Sharing Their Classroom Practices. Teaching Portfolios Might Help.

Edsurge

At the height of the buzz around MOOCs and flipped classrooms three years ago, Bridget Ford worried that administrators might try to replace her introductory history course with a batch of videos. And professors have other ways to share their classroom tips: Publishing research about their teaching in peer-reviewed scholarly journals.