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Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) Selects Carlos Garcia for its Lifetime Achievement Award

eSchool News

He served as an ALAS board member from 2003 to 2006 and as President Elect in 2009, as President from 2010 – 2011, and as Past President from 2012 – 2013. In 2003, he was a founding member of the national ALAS, as well as the California Association of Latino Superintendents and Administrators (CALSA).

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Value-Added Schools

A Principal's Reflections

In 2009 as I took a device from a student for failing to follow school policy that student responded to me that school was like a jail. Emphasize student agency (voice, choice, advocacy) as a right for all Re-think homework and outdated grading practices to create a culture focused on R.E.A.L

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Some schools cut paths to calculus in the name of equity. One group takes the opposite approach

The Hechinger Report

Founded at Brookline High near Boston in 2009, the group now works with roughly 1,000 students from 14 nearby districts beginning in the summer after seventh grade to help them complete advanced math classes like calculus before they finish high school. In the summer of 2009, Mims piloted his idea with a group of rising eighth graders.

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Why Teacher Self-Care Matters and How to Practice Self-Care in Your School

Waterford

Public Health, 123(11), November 2009, pp. National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project, June 2014, pp. Try doing breathing activities or mindfulness meditation as a class, especially if your students seem overwhelmed.[11]. Sources : 1. and Wang, L. Relationship between quality of life and occupational stress among teachers.

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David, Goliath, and the Future of the U.S. K-12 OER Movement

Doug Levin

K-12 education system by open educational resources (OER) since 2009, although my first exposure to the ideas and leaders of the movement stretch back to the launch of the MIT OpenCourseWare initiative. I’ve been engaged in thinking deeply about the promise and opportunity afforded the U.S.

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An After-School Education Program Aims to Diversify the Tech Industry

Edsurge

“We see that advanced math coursework is a huge predictor of college success, but this stuff is all foundational,” said Lakisha Young, founder and CEO of The Oakland Reach, a parent-led advocacy group focused on better supporting low-income students of color in Oakland. The area struggles with high unemployment, homelessness and crime.

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A school administrator tries to shame poverty away

The Hechinger Report

In 2009, students from low-income families dropped out of high school at five times the rate of their high-income classmates. In 2009, students from low-income families dropped out of high school at five times the rate of their high-income classmates. Disparities persist throughout the educational careers of low-income children.

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