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Seeing the Pandemic as an Opportunity for Change

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Disconnection between teaching and learning: Teachers often confuse covering the material with teaching to the kids—if they teach to understanding, then the classroom becomes a different environment. They need to develop relationships with each student, learn about their individual situations, and help them as needed. Noguera, Ph.D.

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Schools Say Highest Pressure from Students’ Social and Emotional Needs

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New pre-released data from the Learning Counsel’s 2019 Survey indicates that 58 percent of schools now rate their highest pressure is their student’s social and emotional needs. No one who lived through the 2008 bank failures would say that other parts of the economy were unaffected by the cascade into recession. . By LeiLani Cauthen.

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How to Build a High-Functioning Remote Team for Your Edtech Company

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Policies At Big Universe, we developed SOPs (standard operating procedures) for every department, in the form of checklists, which served us well for employee onboarding and establishing norms for accountability, expectations and a reminder of what needs to be done when. We covered topics such as number of U.S.

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How to help principals do a better job? Train their bosses

The Hechinger Report

Ron Smith (left), a middle school network superintendent in Oakland, speaks to Jaime Aquino of New Leaders during a “learning walk” at a local middle school. What’s the learning objective today?” What were kids learning?” Why do you think I’m showing you this, in the context of the learning walk?” Photo: Jackie Mader.

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Desegregation is unraveling in this Texas town

The Hechinger Report

This story about school segregation was produced by The Texas Tribune , a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that provides free news, data and events on Texas public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. With Wilcox at the helm, the community approved — in a measure that passed in 2008 by fewer than 20 votes — a $266.9

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What happens when a regular high school decides no student is a lost cause?

The Hechinger Report

A 2009 study by the Washington Family Policy Council found that counties using such methods in their schools and social services saved $1.4 billion over the decade from 1998 to 2008 by reducing juvenile offenses, teen births and school drop-out rates. Students were learning to contain their outbursts long enough to calm down.

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