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Connecticut’s Jumoke Academy Charter School Selects Discovery Education Social Studies Services to Propel Student Success

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This collaboration provides the educators at the Academy’s three campuses access to a suite of award-winning, digital resources that create enriching, real-world learning experiences and prepare scholars for citizenship in today’s culturally diverse, democratic society. . Social Studies Techbook.

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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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Social Studies?Techbooks. Featuring standards-aligned, core-curricular resources that use an inquiry-based approach to enhance literacy and critical thinking skills, Discovery Education’s Social Studies?Techbook? Discovery Education’s?Social Math Techbook.

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Integrating SEL, Equity and Trauma Work for Multiplied Success

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They also agreed that SEL yields results: two sweeping meta-analyses show academic gains, one up to 3.5 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.

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The Case for Expanding the Definition of 'Personalization' to Meet the Needs of the Whole Child

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Our definition of whole child centers on 6 key domains that matter deeply for every individual’s development and success: academic development, social emotional development, identity development, physical health and mental health. math, literacy, science, social studies, foreign language, art).

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How Learning a New Language Is Helping Me Connect With My Students

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My colleagues and I hoped to improve communication with our students and support their academic development by better understanding a language they are expert in. It was designed especially for educators to build a basic understanding of communication in Spanish, and to increase awareness of the importance of language to culture.

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Pecha Kucha is the Answer

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Although its definition is somewhat abstract, active learning is an approach to instruction that involves actively engaging students with the course material through activities such as discussions, problem solving, case studies, and role playing. Studies show that the Pecha Kucha style can improve English speaking skills in general.

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Pecha Kucha is the Answer

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Although its definition is somewhat abstract, active learning is an approach to instruction that involves actively engaging students with the course material through activities such as discussions, problem solving, case studies, and role playing. Studies show that the Pecha Kucha style can improve English speaking skills in general.