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3 Tips for Easily Implementing Social-Emotional Learning – by John Gamba

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standardized test results suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic reversed nearly two decades of progress in math and reading for K-12 students. Experience tells us there are three key features that, taken together, contribute to successful SEL and whole-child outcomes in elementary and middle school. That’s the bad news. The good news?

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Mississippi’s Vicksburg Warren School District and Discovery Education Launch New Partnership

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SILVER SPRING, MD (Thursday, May 20, 2021) —Mississippi’s Vicksburg Warren School District (VWSD) today launched a new multiyear partnership with Discovery Education that helps educators connect current classroom instruction to students’ possible future career paths.

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

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During the 2021-2022 school year, the Reading School District saw over 13,000 ebooks and audiobooks checked out through the Sora K-12 reading app. As the National Center for Education Statistics stated, as recently as 2016, “ 95% of elementary schools and 82% of secondary schools had a library or media center.”

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The child tax credit, not charter schools, was the reform we needed to help kids succeed

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Many reformers viewed poverty as an inadequate excuse for students’ academic failings, citing flimsy research that claimed 90 percent of low-income students of color can and do meet the highest academic standards — the so called 90/90/90 schools.

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Council of the Great City Schools Names Congressman Bobby Scott as the Recipient of the Dr. Michael Casserly Legacy Award for Educational Courage and Justice

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As chairman, he helped craft the 2021 American Rescue Plan, which provided $122.8 billion under the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund, the single largest federal investment in K–12 education in American history. To learn more about Curriculum Associates, visit CurriculumAssociates.com. About CGCS.