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Navigate360 Recognizes New Jersey School District with Excellence Award for School Culture & Climate

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RICHFIELD, OHIO (PRWEB) — Navigate360 , the nation’s leader in K–12 school safety and student wellness solutions, announces the recognition of Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District in Atlantic County, New Jersey, with the District Excellence Award for School Culture & Climate.

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How SEL and achievement lead to academic equity

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As schools reckon with academic equity, they’re often focused on academic progress. In Social, Emotional, and Academic Development Through an Equity Lens , from The Education Trust, researchers found most families of color don’t think schools are set up for their students to succeed.

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Social Emotional Learning Should Not Be the Next Target in America’s Culture Wars

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From halted curriculums to debates at school board meetings, social-emotional learning, or SEL, has quickly become the newest target of America’s ongoing education culture wars. The findings were clear: SEL helps students learn and develop, and master academic content. For insiders, this latest target is confusing.

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The future of learning spaces is open ended

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After exploration and experimentation, creation follows — the manifestation of cultural artifacts, inventions and product as well as the building of confidence through real experience. The idea that a school’s function is one of purely academic development should be retired entirely. The makerspace.

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Integrating SEL, Equity and Trauma Work for Multiplied Success

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Zaretta Hammond, in her book, Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain , describes how these biases put students of color at a learning disadvantage and backs it up with neuroscience. By leveraging students’ cultural identities and assets, educators can facilitate growth mindsets and learning gains.

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CASEL Announces 2020 Award Recipients for Excellence in Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Research and Practice

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He was a member of the Council of Distinguished Educators of the National Commission on Social, Emotional and Academic Development and served as the primary author of the Commission’s report on SEAD practice. “It Our students’ social and emotional wellbeing is integral to their future success.

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Alabama’s Huntsville College Preparatory School Selects Discovery Education to Support the Creation of Individualized Academic Experiences for All Students

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From stories of ancient cultures to in-depth explorations of civics and government, this comprehensive digital textbook takes concepts off the pages and brings lessons to life. . Through these interactive professional development sessions, participants will learn best practices for integrating their new digital resources into instruction.

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